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Best of 2020: ON BOYS Year in Review

December 31, 2020Guests, Parenting, Sex & Relationships, UncategorizedADHD, ADHD Dude, best of 2020, Cara Natterson, Decoding Boys, Dr. Cara Natterson, Ellen Dodge, emotions, masculinity, most downloaded ON BOYS episodes, Peggy Orenstein, Ryan Wexelblatt, sex, Ted BunchJanet

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The phrase “best of 2020” is a bit laughable. Using the term “best” to describe a year that’s included a global pandemic, remote schooling and massive disruptions to work and socialization seems almost…inappropriate. And yet, even 2020 had some bright spots. ON BOYS audience continued to grow. Our downloads increased by 207%. (We had nearly … Continue reading Best of 2020: ON BOYS Year in Review →

School & Learning in the COVID-19 Era

November 3, 2020Guests, School Life, UncategorizedCOVID-19, education, Hiya Health, homeschool, homeschooling, learning, Learning Together Coaching & Consulting, Sarah Mendonca, school, school refusalJanet

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How’s school going? That’s a fraught question even when there’s NOT a pandemic going on. Now, it seems almost crazy to ask, given that most of us are dealing w less-than-ideal educational situations. But that doesn’t mean you have to settle for miserable. If virtual school or online learning isn’t working for you, homeschool may … Continue reading School & Learning in the COVID-19 Era →

Family Meetings & The 9-Year Change

October 29, 2020Parenting, Uncategorized9 year change, communication, discipline, family meetingsJanet

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Family meetings can you help adapt your parenting to fit the changing needs of your family. One of the most challenging (and demoralizing) aspects of parenting is realizing that you must constantly revise your parenting strategies. The tips, techniques and discipline strategies that worked so well when your little boy was 2 don’t work at … Continue reading Family Meetings & The 9-Year Change →

Listener Q & A – Parenting Teen Boys

October 15, 2020Listener Q & A, Uncategorizedanger, discipline, listener Q & A, school, teenagers, teensJanet

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Parenting teen boys is not easy. They’re bigger than us. Stronger than us. They speak in a language we don’t necessarily understand — if they choose to speak at all. Their focus is turning outward, just as we parents realize how little time we have left to teach them all the things they need to … Continue reading Listener Q & A – Parenting Teen Boys →

Preparing Boys for the World of Work

October 8, 2020Guests, UncategorizedEd Frauenheim, emotional development, emotions, masculinity, reinventing masculinity, workJanet

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One of our most important jobs as parents is preparing our boys for the world of work. The work world, though, has changed dramatically over the last few decades. “There’s been a shift from the competitive dog-eat-dog/rat race to a flatter, faster and fairness-focused world of work,” says Ed Frauenheim, co-author of Reinventing Masculinity: The … Continue reading Preparing Boys for the World of Work →

Teach Boys Money Management

October 1, 2020Guests, Uncategorizedallowance, Benny Nachman, finance, financial literacy, Jassby, money, money managementJanet

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How do you teach boys money management? 34% of American teenagers don’t have bank accounts and rely predominantly on cash, according to a 2019 Junior Achievement USA survey. In fact, 1 in 5 teens have never been into a physical bank and nearly a third of teens surveyed don’t have a bank account. Like many … Continue reading Teach Boys Money Management →

Parenting Outside the Lines with Meghan Leahy

September 24, 2020Guests, Parenting, Uncategorizedcommunication, discipline, Meaghn Leahy, parenting, Parenting Outside the Lines, screen timeJanet

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Parenting outside the lines frees us up to connect with our children in an authentic way. It allows us to skip over the “must do’s” and simply, instead, do the next right thing in any given moment. And if the “right thing” ultimately takes us a direction we don’t want to go, it gives us … Continue reading Parenting Outside the Lines with Meghan Leahy →

Boys & Grandparents

September 17, 2020Guests, Uncategorizedgrandma, grandpa, grandparents, The Grand LifeJanet

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Are your boys close to their grandparents? Not physically close — physical distance is often more a matter of necessity or practicality than choice — but emotionally close. Studies have found that close grandparent/grandchildren relationships protect against depression in both groups, and at least one study out of England found that kids who are close … Continue reading Boys & Grandparents →

It’s a Confusing Time to Be a Boy

September 10, 2020Guests, UncategorizedADHD, ADHD Dude, executive function, gender norms, media literacy, Ryan Wexelblatt, sex ed, social skills, teen, teenagersJanet

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This is a really confusing time to be a boy in the United States. That’s one of (the many!) insights Ryan Wexelblatt — aka ADHD Dude — gained while working with 14 and 15 year old boys during his ADHD Dude Summer Camp this year. In a Facebook post, he wrote: These guys see their … Continue reading It’s a Confusing Time to Be a Boy →

Help Boys Listen & Learn (Listener Q & A)

September 3, 2020Listener Q & A, UncategorizedBuilding Boys Bulletin, communication, discipline, emotions, fathers, learning, listener Q & A, parenting, school, teens, video gamesJanet

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How do we help boys listen & learn? In month whatever of the pandemic, we’re all grappling with a lot of tough questions, including what to do about school and injustice and inequality. We can’t give you any easy answers regarding schooling during the cornonavirus pandemic or the fight for equality and justice. There aren’t … Continue reading Help Boys Listen & Learn (Listener Q & A) →