Honoring Dads on Father’s Day (& Always)

Guests, Parenting, Uncategorized, , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:53 — 69.9MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

Father’s Day here in America was first celebrated on June 19, 1910. It wasn’t declared an official holiday until 1972—58 years AFTER  Mother’s Day was made official. Dads have long been assumed to be secondary parents, at best. But popular and persistent stereotypes of fatherhood — though perhaps grounded in some truth — don’t accurately … Continue reading Honoring Dads on Father’s Day (& Always) →

Michael Ian Black Discusses “A Better Man”

Guests, , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:38 — 47.6MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

Michael Ian Black shares some important and (mostly serious) thoughts about how to be a better man with his son — and all of us — in his book, A Better Man: A (Mostly Serious) Letter to My Son. The question of raising good men seems all too significant as the United States (again) wrestles … Continue reading Michael Ian Black Discusses “A Better Man” →

Britt Hawthorne on Raising Antiracist Children

Guests, Uncategorized, , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:17 — 74.6MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

Britt Hawthorne, a mom of 2 boys and author Raising Antiracist Children: A Practical Parenting Guide, says that raising antiracist kids requires teaching them to identify unfairness. It includes incorporating an anti-bias lens when doing, well, almost anything. Britt’s oldest son was about 12 years old when his homework required him to imagine he was … Continue reading Britt Hawthorne on Raising Antiracist Children →

Teens and Sleep with Lisa Lewis

Guests, Health, , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:18 — )

Subscribe: RSS | More

Sleep is as important to our teens as our toddlers. But ensuring a teenage boy gets the sleep he needs is even more difficult than convincing a toddler to nap that day after you move him from the crib to a toddler bed. Teen boys are even more strong-willed than toddlers — and most are … Continue reading Teens and Sleep with Lisa Lewis →

Dads, Boys, & Masculinity

Guests, Parenting, , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:30 — 57.0MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

Dads need to help boys understand and shape masculinity. In years past, fathers were often “there, but not there,” according to Craig Wilkinson, a dad of two and founder of Father a Nation, a South African nonprofit that addresses gender-based violence, crime and fatherlessness by restoring and equipping  men to be nation-builders, fathers and role … Continue reading Dads, Boys, & Masculinity →

The Gender Equation in Schools

School Life, , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:18 — 62.2MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

 Gender bias affects boys’ experience in schools. It’s most often unconscious and unintentional bias but it affects how our boys see themselves and how they feel about school and learning. And until we admit that fact and grapple with the gender equation in schools, things aren’t going to get much better. Educator Jason Ablin learned that … Continue reading The Gender Equation in Schools →

Finding Ecohappiness

Guests, , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:42 — 53.2MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

Finding ecohappiness can decrease boys’ anxiety levels and increase family harmony.  There’s a strong — and direct — link between time in nature and mental health. Human beings require nature exposure for optimal physical and mental health. Of course, that’s easier to say than to achieve in modern life, when many of us live in … Continue reading Finding Ecohappiness →

Mathew Blades on Healing Generational Trauma

Emotional Development, Guests, , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:28 — )

Subscribe: RSS | More

Mathew Blades was a father and successful radio DJ before he recognized the impact of generational trauma on his life. On his boys’ lives. Sure, his childhood included a lot of screaming and some spanking. And sure, his father died abruptly when Mathew was just 23 years old. Stuff happens. Mathew did what most people … Continue reading Mathew Blades on Healing Generational Trauma →

Why Are Video Games So Important to Boys?

Screens, Videogames, , , , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:26 — 58.3MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

Why are video games so important to boys? That’s the question a listener sent in response to our recent call for questions. The listener who asked that question just happens to be Jen’s brother — and another one of their brothers happens to be a video game designer, so we got them all together to … Continue reading Why Are Video Games So Important to Boys? →

Sex Talks with Tweens

Guests, Sex & Relationships, , , , , ,

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:38 — 62.7MB)

Subscribe: RSS | More

Sex talks with tweens can be…awkward.  Even Amy Lang, ON BOYS’ go-to sex ed guru, stumbled through her initial sex talks with her son. “I thought I’d be great at it, but I just wasn’t,” she says. “I realized I’d rather talk to a 15 year old about their pregnancy than talk to my five … Continue reading Sex Talks with Tweens →