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Boundaries Teach Boys Self-Discipline

December 12th, 201106:48 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

This past season, several high-profile college head football and basketball coaches have been vilified and lost their jobs due to the perception that they harshly enforced disciplinary methods upon a player or players in their program. I'm not defending these coaches' methods as I do not know the situation, but here's what I do know. Many young men...
How to Love a Woman

August 12th, 201109:39 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

Fathers are instrumental in modeling to their sons how a man is supposed to love a woman. This is not something that comes naturally to most males. Merely watch the difference in how a young man who grew up with no healthy male role models treats his wife (or more often live-in lover) versus one who grew up with a father that loved his mother. To g...
Angry Young Men

February 08th, 201102:15 AM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

Our boys today have a certain amount of repressed anger. It results in more bullying in school, but also in a more escalated level of violence. This is caused by not allowing young males to solve their social issues as they have for thousands of years—on their own. In the past when two young males disagreed about something, they went on the playg...
Talking to Boys--Simple is Best

August 20th, 201002:54 AM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

Every year, our Better Dads ministry hosts an annual Single Mom’s Family Camp. We bring about 25 single mothers and their children to a free, three-day camp. During the camp our male volunteers play with the children during the day while myself and other speakers provide education, insight, and spiritual development during classes for the moms. ...
In Search of Masculinity--Part 1

April 23rd, 200905:43 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

Have you ever noticed that sometimes you are just naturally drawn to a certain man? People like being around him. You can't quite put your finger on what it is, but you know you like it. When he comes into a room or walks down the street people automatically notice him--they see something different about him. There's something invigorating and comp...
Single Moms Raising Boys

January 19th, 200906:13 PM ET

By Rick I. Johnson

One of the questions I'm continually asked by single moms is, "What simple advice can you give me to help raise my boy to become a good man?" The following are a set of small action steps every single mom can take while raising boys. I encourage you to modify these suggestions and combine them with your own ideas to develop a plan that works best ...