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November 2013

November 15, 2013

Does Political Correctness Increase Bullying?

If you are like me you are sick of hearing about this topic. But that...

November 14, 2013

Provoking Conversations with Teenagers

Provoking teenagers probably isn’t on your to-do list today, but if you’re a parent of...

November 08, 2013

The Original Giant Bully

In light of the recent allegations of ‘bullying’ between two NFL behemoths that have the...

November 07, 2013

Getting Teenagers Talking

Let's face it. It’s not always easy to engage a teenager in meaningful conversation. If...

November 01, 2013

Where Can Parents go When They Need a Tuneup?

As a family and parenting advocate I get the pleasure of meeting a wide variety...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

5 Parenting Tips You Don’t Typically Hear

As a parenting author, I’ve seen hundreds of parenting books and read countless articles. Often,...

October 25, 2013

Why Males and Females Can’t Communicate (part 2)

How Males Communicate In contrast to the way females communicate, males often prefer a more...

October 24, 2013

Dress Like a Slut

Halloween is the one day a year when a girl can dress up like a...

October 21, 2013

College Men: What You Need to Know About Finances

How do you develop a wise, skillful approach to finances? It’s not as confusing...

October 18, 2013

Why Males and Females Can’t Communicate (part 1)

Males and females communicate differently. Even the way they communicate when they use the same...

October 11, 2013

How Past Relationship Wounds Kill Your New One

The average person is prone to bring past relationship wounds into their current relationships. These...

October 10, 2013

Teaching Our Kids to Kill Prostitutes

He's only 12-years old, but Grandma doesn't know what M-rated means. She just knows this...

October 07, 2013

Why College Men Need Church

Fact: If you’re a guy in high school and attend church right now, chances...

October 04, 2013

Through a Daughter’s Tears

Better Dads and Vancouver Courageous Dad (CVD) partnered to host the 1st Annual Father-Daughter Conference...

October 02, 2013

Dad’s noble reason for skipping church

Fathers often choose youth sports over church for a reason most Christians would applaud –...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Does Honor Still Matter?

Perhaps no character trait embodies healthy masculinity more than that of honor (healthy honor—other cultures...

September 20, 2013

How do we Teach Boys Courage?

The need to take risks in order to feel alive, to do the impossible, to...

September 13, 2013

When Fathers Love Their Daughters

Fathers have an incredible influence (positive or negative) on nearly every aspect of their daughter’s...

September 09, 2013

Feel Threatened? Two Vital Actions to Take

Hostilities exist. President F.D. Roosevelt spoke those two words within his legendary “Day of Infamy”...

September 06, 2013

Why Meeting Your Wife’s Needs are Important

Women have different needs than men do. And some of them might seem trivial to...

September 02, 2013

What kids heading back to school need most from dads

“Back to school” has been blaring at us from every media outlet. Ready or not,...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Rant of the Day—Make Boys Tough

Exceptionalism and rugged-individualism helped make America the greatest country that has ever existed. Those traits...

August 23, 2013

For Men Only – How to get Your Sexual Needs Met

A 3-year-old boy was examining his testicles while taking a bath. "Mom," he asked, "Are...

August 22, 2013

Six Months of No Rules

The last 6 months I’ve been conducting a little experiment; but, instead of using rats…...

August 09, 2013

4 Odd Ways to Look at Marriage

Falling in love is the easy part. But staying in love takes work and intentionality. ...

August 02, 2013

Do Only Men of Faith Achieve Greatness?

I was raised in an alcoholic home with all the disadvantages that environment brings with...

July 2013

July 29, 2013

How to Be a Man of Awe

“Dad,” said my 9-year-old daughter, Addy. “Some kid in the park asked me if...

July 15, 2013

Give this plan 5 minutes each morning, and it’ll give you a new life

In the 1980s, an 18-year-old named Steve Fonyo made big headlines in Canada, where I...

July 05, 2013

Boundaries Make Boys into Men

This past season, several high-profile college head football and basketball coaches have been vilified and...

July 01, 2013

3 Powerful Weapons Against Porn

Early in the morning at a recent conference, I deliberately decided that when lunchtime...