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July 2013

July 05, 2013

Boundaries Make Boys into Men

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

June 2013

June 28, 2013

Sex Education—Why Parents are the Best Teachers

With all the negative outcomes regarding promiscuous sexuality, it is especially important that our pre-teens...

June 20, 2013

Kids Hiding Online Behavior from Parents

“Here’s your iPhone Brandon. Don’t break it.” And that’s all the training and instruction Brandon...

June 12, 2013

Gangs fathering the fatherless

"A gang gives you something that nothing in the world or no amount of money...

May 2013

May 02, 2013

Should I Just Smash My Kid’s Phone?

I can't tell you how many times I've heard it. I finish teaching a parent...

March 2013

March 07, 2013

February 2013

February 28, 2013

The Harlem Shake

You might have seen it on the Today Show, or Dr. Oz… or if you...

February 26, 2013

4 Tips to Teach Kids Delayed Gratification

Today, with the challenges to our economy, it is imperative to teach your children the...

February 19, 2013

Why Men Need to Teach Boys Perseverance

Life is difficult. And the things that mean the most in life are the hardest....

February 05, 2013

Girls…and Boys on Hormones!

By the time a young man has entered puberty he is well aware of the...

January 2013

January 24, 2013

Teenager Drugs Parents to Sneak Internet Access

I know that teenagers sometimes don’t like their parents’ rules. Sometimes they even will sneak...

January 22, 2013

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

The type of men we are determines the type of men our boys become. In...

December 2012

December 15, 2012

Boys and Elephants

A number of years ago there was a problem with the elephant herds on a...

November 2012

November 13, 2012

Where Have All The Good Men Gone?

In her article in the Wall Street Journal, Kay S. Hymowitz comments that not so...

November 01, 2012

Too Sexy Too Soon

No one would argue, Halloween has become an excuse for girls to dress slutty without...

October 2012

October 24, 2012

Why is National Bullying Prevention Month Important?

Every month of the year is some kind of an “awareness month.” In fact, for...

October 23, 2012

Boys Need Men

Early in the movie, GoodFellas, Ray Liotta’s character is a teenage boy working for the...

October 17, 2012

Can We Put an End to Bullying?

Have you ever thought how much better the world would be if we could get...

October 16, 2012

Porn Star Lipstick

While I was eating my cereal the other morning I was looking for something to...

October 11, 2012

What Teen Girls Learn from Seventeen

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words... perhaps so is a magazine cover. In...

October 04, 2012

Do You Know What Songs Your Kids Just Downloaded?

Digital Music sales is up 15 percent from last year, and America is on pace...

October 03, 2012

October is Anti-Bullying Awareness Month

I turned 57 last month. I suppose I'm getting to the point of life where...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Adults Would Rather Not Know

...WHAT GOES ON IN THE DARK Jonathan McKee, Author of Candid Confessions of An Imperfect...

September 19, 2012

Shocking Homecoming Dance Song Playlist

It’s times like these that I’d love to have just a moment with the founding...

September 05, 2012

I Was Here

Beyonce has a new music video that’s creating a little bit of buzz in the...

August 2012

August 08, 2012

Talking with Teenagers about Their Music

Parents always tell me, “My kids have those earphones on so I don’t know what...