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Episode 63 - Raising Good Men In a Toxic World
Date: January 13, 2023
DESCRIPTION:
How do we raise men in a world that is targeting our boys and seeking to make them feel bad because they don't act like girls? In this episode Nathan, shares sources of wisdom and some of his strategies and practices for helping train boys early to view their calling of manhood as noble and necessary!
OPENING QUOTE (from No Apologies by Dr. Anthony Esolen):
"A grown man is big enough and strong enough to roll his eyes at the falsehoods about his sex that the world tries to press upon him, but boys are not. Boys are vulnerable. Think of the phrase toxic masculinity. It is an offense against manhood to talk so..."
RESOURCES:
- Book: No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men by Dr. Anthony Esolen: https://www.amazon.com/No-Apologies-Civilization-Depends-Strength/dp/1684512344
- Find Trail Life Troop: https://www.traillifeusa.com/find-a-troop/
- Book: Future Men: Raising Boys to Fight Giants by Doug Wilson: https://canonpress.com/products/future-men-raising-boys-to-fight-giants/
- Video: NEUROSCIENTIST Andrew Huberman: "You Will NEVER LACK Motivation Again": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TSTnDRnIAs
RELATED EPISODES:
- Ep. 12 | Straight Talk for Dads: Raising Sons in a Pornographic Age
- Ep. 31 | Fostering Physical and Mental Toughness in Kids with Rob Sentz
- Ep. 41 | Physical and Spiritual Strength with former SEAL Bill Rapier
8 POINTS FROM TOBY SUMTER (Episode 12):
1. It is never too early to begin preparing sons for manhood
2. Always require immediate, complete, and joyful obedience to parental commands
3. Talk about the reality of sexual temptation and self-control from early years
4. In language they can understand, practice male/female distinctions from young age
5. Talk about marriage and children regularly as a good, noble, manly thing
6. Guard your family's entertainment choices: movies, books, and music
7. All the best teaching isn't worth anything if you're not living it out yourself
8. Relating to modeling sexual faithfulness: You must be pure yourself
NATHAN'S PRACTICES:
- Trail Life involvement (60-80 boys, 30-40 dads)
- Reading Future Men by Doug Wilson weekly with sons
- Taking sons to job sites regularly
- Teaching "it's not about you" - serving family, community, church, God