Is Sacrifice the Missing Link to Manhood?

At St. Andrew’s Academy, headmaster Ben Strong is teaching boys the virtues of wonder, responsibility, and giving.
Is Sacrifice the Missing Link to Manhood?
Manual labor, especially when done in community, helps boys transition from passivity to participation and generous self-sacrifice. Biba Kayewich
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What does it take to transition a teenager into manhood?

Since the turn of the century, a small army of authors, commentators, ministers, and psychologists has run through millions of words trying to answer that question. They recognize that today’s teens are facing impediments to manhood—the absence of fathers in many families, for example, or the prevalence of pornography and addictive video games—that previous generations rarely, if ever, encountered.

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Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a passel of grandkids. He has written two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” as well as “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” You’ll find more of his writing at JeffMinick.substack.com.