How to be a good dad
5 Sept 2023 · 1 min
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Connor Beaton on why ages 11 to 15 matter for boys. They're caught between childhood and manhood, desperate for connection. Without it at home, they'll find community elsewhere, often in risky places.
Connor Beaton on why ages 11 to 15 matter for boys. They're caught between childhood and manhood, desperate for connection. Without it at home, they'll find community elsewhere, often in risky places.
That is such a critical time, that 11 to 15. Because they're not really boys anymore. They're not really men. They're right in the middle. And that's why my client Bill called it Dangerously good men. Because you can also be a dangerously bad man if you get with the wrong crowd and start making really bad decisions. And boys in that age range, Holy crap, are they. They are susceptible because all they really want at the end of the day is connection. They don't have it with us. They're gonna go find it somewhere else. And they will do drugs, alcohol, vandalism. They don't care. They just want community, and they want connection. If they're not getting it home, they'll go find it elsewhere.
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