MFP 224: Not Managing Boys, But Making Men

Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family

Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family

Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Kids & Family

4.9 • 841 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Manhood isn't something that simply happens to boys as they get older. It's an achievement – something a boy accomplishes, something that can easily go awry. If we ignore the importance of this transition, and fail in our duty as parents to guide boys through it, then we will learn the hard way why traditional cultures invest this transition with so much importance. - Dr Leonard Sax

In today's world we cannot assume that all boys will grow up to be masculine men. But this is the task of every parent of a boy! Parents need to recognize that boys need to be guided on the road to manhood. It doesn't just happen all by itself. To give this guidance well, parents need to first realize that boys and girls have been created with different gifts. Though a truly balanced man finds within himself both masculine and feminine qualities, parents need to start with encouraging a boy's strengths, his masculine qualities. Listen into this conversation as we discuss how parents can take an active role in encouraging masculinity in their sons.

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0:00.0	Family, all in this together.
0:08.2	Family, we're taking a chance.
0:10.8	Family, like birds of a feather.
0:13.2	Family, you got my shoes and dance.
0:15.4	Hey, we are Mike and Alicia Hernin.
0:17.4	We have 10 kids and grandkids too, and we are here for every parent.
0:21.5	Because we are on a mission to empower moms and dads to embrace their sacred calling.
0:25.6	So join the conversation.
0:28.6	Family, we're taking a chance.
0:31.1	Hello, messy families. Welcome to the neighborhood.
0:36.4	It is great to be with you today in this wonderful month of January, or if you're listening to a little later in early February, this is a great time of year. I feel like there's always so much going on. I was going to say, no, it's not. It is. It is. Like, we just got back from... The weather is horrible.
0:54.9	What are you talking about? What do you mean? We just got back from Sunny Cosabelle, right?
0:59.7	I mean, we had an amazing time. Yes. And we had 50 couples, a little more than 50 couples who joined us in this awesome getaway, our first ever getaway.
1:12.6	Our first but not our last.
1:14.2	That's right.
1:14.8	So if you are intrigued by this, we will definitely be doing this again.
1:19.6	I don't know if we'll get more information on that in the future, but it was awesome.
1:23.9	Yeah, hopefully the next couple months, you know, to start advertising for next year.
1:27.4	Right. Yeah. We'll see what we'll be doing. Yeah, because I think couple months, you know, to start advertising for next year. Right.
1:27.7	Yeah.
1:28.2	We'll see what we'll be doing.
1:29.7	Yeah, because I think that we really want to make connections between people, right?
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