Purpose of Boys + Changing Images of Men

The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives
Guest 1: Michael Gurian, author of The Purpose of Boys.
Topic
: Helping our sons find meaning, significance, and direction in their lives.
Issues: Why parents need to provide purpose for boys; brain differences between boys and girls; differences in the ways boys and girls develop purpose; creating rites of passage for boys; how boys are struggling for purpose in schools.

Men Can: The Changing Image and Reality of Fatherhood in America
Guest 2: Donald Unger, author of Men Can.
Topic
: The changing image and reality of fatherhood in America
Issues: How has popular culture responded to men’s changing roles in society? The problems of language (can fathers “mother” their children?); media portrayals of dads; men taking family leave—and suffering the consequences.