Raising Healthy Boys

The following is a quote from columnist Kathleen Parker about how to raise healthy boys. I thought it was worth repeating. Parent your boys effectively "by being reasonable, smart and fully awake: Reduce boys' exposure to violence, be there when they return from school, help them with their homework, ask them about their day, let them cry if need be, support them when they're down, help them to see their options, teach them to handle guns safely if you have them, reward good behavior, provide meaningful consequences for unacceptable behavior, make reasonable demands, express moral expectations, talk to their teachers and hug those boys every chance you get. Don't ask them to be men when they're just little boys, but show them how to be real men by demonstrating the thing we as a society seem to have lost: self-control. It's the greatest gift, and it isn't even rocket science. It's just good parenting."