Raising Wild Boys Into Men by Tony Woodlief
As I continue to do research for a new “Men of Honor” class, I ordered this pamphlet for $4.00 from http://www.pamphletguys.com/
Its short and fun to read but also includes several insights into boys and masculinity. It tells the story of a “not so manly” dad with 3 sons trying to figure out how to raise his sons to become men.
Thoughts
July 30, 2007
Here’s a couple of quotes:
The real challenge facing a father of boys is to help them discover what they were meant to be, in the midst of a world that wants to shape them into something safe and compliant. Real men are never harmless, after all. They are real men by virtue of being capable of doing great harm, yet filled with a goodness that leads them to use their strength to do what is right.
p 14
The Letters and Lessons of Teddy Roosevelt for His Sons, edited by Douglas Phillips: “I would rather have a boy of mine,” Roosevelt wrote to one of his sons, “stand high in his studies than high in athletics, but I would a great deal rather have him show true manliness of character than show either intellectual or physical prowess.” A fitting prioritization, as headlines increasingly recount scandals in the worlds of business, athletics, and academia.
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