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by Janet Allison, Jennifer LW Fink

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How to Talk with Boys Like a Pro

October 16, 2025 · 20 min

Talking with boys — especially tween & teenage boys — can be tricky. Shrugs, grunts, and silence often stand in the way of the conversations parents want to have. Add in timing issues, big emotions, and the pull of devices, and it’s easy…
Unlocking Motivation: How to Help Your Son Find His Spark

May 1, 2025 · 11 min

Is your son pulling away, shutting down, or showing little interest in school or chores? You’re not alone — and there is a way forward. In this third episode of our special 3-part ON BOYS series, we focus on how to foster intrinsic (inner)…
How Your Anxiety is Sabotaging Your Son’s Motivation

April 24, 2025 · 10 min

You can’t effectively boost boys’ motivation until you address YOUR anxiety and fear. We know: You want your son to do his homework. To follow through on commitments. To care. So, when he shrugs, resists, or just doesn’t seem to try, your…
Boost Boys’ Motivation

April 17, 2025 · 12 min

It is possible to boost boys’ motivation. Doing so, though, starts with understanding why so boys are unmotivated. A big part of it is developmental: apathy and an “I don’t care/I don’t wanna” attitude commonly show up around puberty. As…
The End of an Era

March 13, 2025 · 33 min

The first episode of ON BOYS podcast went live March 12, 2018. Seven years ago! Over the past seven years, we’ve talked to guests from around the globe: Maggie Dent, Michael Gurian, Amy Lang, ADHD Dude Ryan Wexelblatt, Steve…

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Raising Awe-Seekers (w Deborah Farmer Kris)

March 6, 2025 · 54 min

Raising Awe-Seekers, the first parenting book by author Deborah Farmer Kris, outlines a transformative approach to parenting based on joy, wonder, and curiosity. Science, Deb says, shown that awe isn’t just a feel-good experience—it also…
Listener Q & A: Navigating the Complexities of Raising Boys

February 27, 2025 · 49 min

How do you respond to a 6-year-old boy who thinks he has to “play rough” to prove his masculinity? How can you make space a small boy’s emotions when you also have other kids to keep on track? And what do you do, exactly, when your…
Boys, A Rescue Plan: Conversation w Michael Gurian

February 20, 2025 · 48 min

Do boys need a rescue plan? The available evidence says yes. Collectively, our boys are struggling academically, socially, emotionally, and economically. Their academic, educational, and workforce involvement has decreased. Their suicide…
Helping Boys Find A Path to Manhood

February 13, 2025 · 54 min

How do we help boys along the path to manhood? That’s a question Paul Cumbo, a veteran educator, has been asking for a long time. It’s one he’s well-positioned to answer too, given that he’s spent the past few decades of his life…
Creating Schools Where Black Boys—and All Students—Succeed

February 6, 2025 · 41 min

What if supporting Black boys could transform education for all students? David Kirkland, founder & CEO of forwardED, believes it can—and research backs him up. In this episode, David challenges educators to put a deliberate focus on Black…
Imperfect Men Can Build Boys Too

January 30, 2025 · 42 min

Imperfect men helped Greg Hlavaty become a good guy. “I think what saved me were men who stepped in as surrogate fathers,” Greg wrote in a recent essay. Those men weren’t exactly role models: One, Greg says, “was openly racist and bragged…
Understanding the Parent Amplification Effect

January 23, 2025 · 39 min

Do you know what the parent amplification effect is? Do you know how to use it your (and your kids’!) benefit? “Because of children’s dependency on their parents, any parental remark – positive or negative – gets magnified in the child’s…