Journeymen

• Man Making; Men Helping Boys on their Journey to Manhood
Earl Hipp, Human Resource Development, 2006.
"Ancient lessons required for the survival of their community were unfolded before the boys. They were required to learn masculine skills, men's language, and the responsibilities that define a man. The men took this sacred work very seriously. They knew they were shaping the future of their tribe. If the boys did not make this crossing into manhood successfully, their world would end." www.journeytomanhood.com
and ManMaking Blog

• Iron John
by Robert Bly, Addison-Wesley, 1991.
This marvelous folktale of resonant, many-layered meanings is an apt choice for demonstrating the need for men to learn from other men how to honor and reimagine the positive image of their masculinity. www.robertbly.com

• The Sibling Society
by Robert Bly, Addison-Wesley, 1996.
Names ours as a culture without adequate rites of passage; where adults remain children and where children do not wish to become adults. www.robertbly.com

• Kids are Worth it
by Barbara Coloroso, Collins (revised edition), 2002.
This philosophy of parenting supports the idea that using a combination of compassion and respect when disciplining a child will teach limits without damaging the child's or the parent's self-esteem. www.kidsareworthit.com

• Just because it's not wrong doesn't make it right.
by Barbara Coloroso, Viking Canada, 2005.
"If we are to raise kids who can think and act ethically, we don't begin with the thinking or the acting. We begin with caring." www.kidsareworthit.com

• The Minds of Boys: Saving our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life
by Michael Gurian, Jossey Bass, 2005.
"People are waking up to the fact that everyone knows a boy who is struggling." www.michaelgurian.com

• The Wonder of Boys
by Michael Gurian, Tarcher, 2000.
In discussing boy culture—and the roles of competition, aggression, and physical risk taking—the author concludes, "It's not boy culture that's inherently flawed; it's the way we manage it." www.michaelgurian.com

• A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors, and Educators Can Do to Shape Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men
by Michael Gurian, Tarcher, 1999.
"We do not understand adolescent-male development, and therefore are unable to give our adolescent males the kind of love they need to become fully responsible, loving, and wise men." www.michaelgurian.com

• The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men
by Michael Gurian, Tarcher, 2000.
Citing an "increase in ethical numbness, moral distraction, and spiritual emptiness among boys and young men," Gurian examines the roots of potential problems such as the abandonment of our children's moral development to "potentially toxic" visual media and then lays out a well-organized blueprint for ushering boys into adulthood. www.michaelgurian.com

• Boys and Girls Learn Differently!: A Guide for Teachers and Parents
by Michael Gurian, Jossey-Bass, 2002.
A focus on boys, contending that they are more difficult to teach and have more learning and discipline problems. The female brain, Gurian says, has a "learning advantage" because it is more complex and active, although the male brain does excel at abstract thinking and spatial relations, one reason why boys do better in math. www.michaelgurian.com.

• Men and the Water of Life: Initiation and the Tempering of Men
by Michael Meade, Harper San Francisco, 1993.
Multicultural stories that encourages young men to find initiatory experiences in their lives and community.

• Top 20 Teens
by Paul Bernabei; Tom Cody; Mary Cole; Michael Cole; Willow Sweeney, Top 20 Press, 2003.
An informed and informative introduction to an effective approach for teenagers to create satisfying, successful, creative lives for themselves. Guiding readers through an in-depth study of such issues as retaining positive relationships between friends and family members, good health, and doing well in school (with the inclusion of extracurricular activities), Top 20 Teens is an engaging interpretation of adolescent emotional progression, growth, development, and living out the ideals of adulthood while making a difference with their peers.

• King, Warrior, Magician, Lover
by Robert Moore & Douglas Gillette, Harper San Francisco, 1991.
Corporate "yes men," wife-beaters, hot-shot male junior executives and emotionally distant fathers are all boys pretending to be men, embodying symptoms all around us—in men's abusive behaviors, passivity and inability to act creatively. Four archetypes of masculine energies from myth and literature are presented as the foundation of male psychology: the King, the Warrior, the Lover, and the Magician.