Raising Men of Character

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to raise a boy into a man of purpose, responsibility, and integrity—especially in the absence of a father? Dr. Phil joins Steve Harvey in a powerful mentorship experience for young men growing up in single-mother households. At a transformative camp led by Steve Harvey, these teens receive the guidance, structure, and emotional support many have never had. With humor, honesty, and heart, Dr. Phil and Steve Harvey challenge, teach, and uplift the next generation—helping them break cycles and build a future rooted in discipline, respect, and ambition.

This is more than a conversation—it’s a roadmap for young men seeking direction, and for adults who want to lead them there.

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0:00.0	Steve Harvey, tell me where we are.
0:02.0	This whole place is dedicated to the uplift and edification of young people.
0:06.0	Two main things we're going to cover is how to make your dreams come true and how to become men.
0:11.0	The camp he does with these young boys without fathers.
0:14.0	Some of these boys haven't seen an area without concrete and buildings ever.
0:19.0	What does a young man do that don't have a father?
0:22.1	I gotta find a way to gather these young people up
0:24.7	and give them a father figure.
0:26.1	They've never seen anything like this. Welcome to a very special night of Dr. Phil Primetime.
0:50.3	I'm coming to you from about 75 miles from Atlanta on Steve and Marjorie Harvey's ranch.
0:57.0	This is a really special occasion because there's a camp that goes on here for boys that have no father in their lives.
1:06.0	Maybe they didn't ever have one around. Maybe they were there and left. They just don't have a father.
1:11.7	They don't even really have a male role model.
1:13.6	You can pull all these out right here.
1:15.6	Steve and Marjorie decided to put this camp together to bring these boys down here and give them some strong male leadership in their lives.
1:23.7	The United States Army is here.
1:25.3	A lot of mentors are here.
1:26.7	This is the 14th year of this camp.
1:30.3	No cell phones, no social media, lots of discipline, lots of requirements, so these boys can find out what it's like to have a strong male presence.
1:40.3	Every mentor, every instructor, every facilitator is a strong male role model.
1:47.0	And I've been down here spending time with these boys. I've talked to them, walked with them,
1:51.0	visited with them, fished with them, made presentation to them, and it is absolutely amazing
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