S4 E22: Why Boys Need Real Heroes

About this episode

Mark discusses the importance of real heroes for boys, highlighting findings from a study and insights from his book.

Mark discusses why boys need real heroes. In a recent study polling young boys, when asked the question, “who is your hero?”, the most common response was “no one”. Mark shares lots from his book, The Making of a Man: A Guide to Raising Strong, Resilient Sons, to express the importance of having heroes, not just famous kind, but the ones in our communities and at home.

People in this episode

Host: Mark

Topics covered

• heroes
• boys
• parenting
• community
• resilience

Keywords

• boys
• heroes
• parenting
• resilience
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Making of a Man: A Guide to Raising Strong, Resilient Sons

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