How to Turn a Boy Into a Man

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

A lot of young men today struggle in finding their footing in adulthood. They feel lost, directionless, and unsure of who they are and how to confidently and competently navigate the world.

Part of the reason for this is that most young men today lack something which was once a part of nearly every culture in the world, but has now almost entirely disappeared: a rite of passage.

My guest today didn't want his son to flounder on the way to maturity, nor to miss out on having an initiation into manhood, so he set out to create a 6-year journey for him that would help him move from boy to man. His name is Jon Tyson, and he's the author of The Intentional Father: A Practical Guide to Raise Sons of Courage and Character. Today on the show, Jon unpacks the components of the years-long journey into manhood he created for his son, beginning with how he brainstormed those components by doing "The Day Your Son Leaves Home" exercise. We then discuss how old Jon's son was when he started his rite of passage and why it began with him having a "severing dinner" with his mom. We get into what his rite of passage consisted of, from the kickoff ceremony to the challenges, experiences, trips, and daily rituals Jon used to impart values and teach his son the "5 Shifts of Manhood." Jon shares how moving his son's focus from being a good man, to being good at being a man, helped him get remotivated to continue the process, why his rite of passage included a gap year after high school, and how Jon celebrated the end of his son's journey into becoming a man. We also discuss whether Jon did something similar with his daughter. We end our conversation with some key principles any dad can use to start intentionally helping their kids become well-rounded individuals who can confidently step out on their own and into the world.

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0:00.0	Bret McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:10.8	A lot of young men today struggle in finding their footing in adulthood.
0:14.1	If you lost, directionless, and unsure of who they are and how to confidently and confidently
0:18.6	navigate the world.
0:20.0	Part of the reason for this is that most young men today lack something which was once
0:23.6	part of nearly every culture in the world, but has now almost entirely disappeared in
0:27.7	a right of passage.
0:29.5	My guest today didn't want his son to flound around the way the maturity nor miss out
0:33.0	on having an initiation in a manhood, so he set out to create a six year journey form
0:36.8	that would help him move from boy to man.
0:38.8	His name is John Tyson and he's the author of the Intentional Father, a practical guide
0:42.7	to raise sons of courage and character.
0:44.5	Stay on the show, John impacts the components of the years long journey into manhood he
0:48.2	created for his son, beginning with how he brainstormed his components by doing the day
0:51.8	your son leaves home exercise.
0:53.8	We then discuss how John's son was when he started his right of passage and why he began
0:57.4	within having a severing dinner with his mom.
0:59.8	We get into what his right of passage consisted of from the kickoff ceremony to the challenges,
1:04.2	experiences, trips, and daily rituals John used to impart values to teach his son the
1:09.2	five shifts of manhood.
1:11.3	John shares how moving his son's focus from being a good man to being good at being a man
1:15.7	helped him get remotivated to continue the process, why his right of passage included
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