--- title: "Podcast: Making Room for Boys, with Mark Hancock and Trail Life USA" description: "It isn’t politically correct to say so, but reality is what it is: Boys and girls are different. Physiologically, psychologically, and emotionally" image: https://blog.traillifeusa.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/mark-hancock-1000x400-939x376-1.jpg --- ![Podcast: Making Room for Boys, with Mark Hancock and Trail Life USA](https://blog.traillifeusa.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/mark-hancock-1000x400-939x376-1.jpg "Podcast: Making Room for Boys, with Mark Hancock and Trail Life USA") # Podcast: Making Room for Boys, with Mark Hancock and Trail Life USA ** [ Stephen Ashton ](https://blog.traillifeusa.com/author/stephen-ashton) ** Jun 3, 2019 [** 0 Comments ](https://blog.traillifeusa.com/podcast-making-room-for-boys-with-mark-hancock-and-trail-life-usa#postComment) It isn’t politically correct to say so, but reality is what it is: Boys and girls are different. Physiologically, psychologically, and emotionally. They learn differently and have different motivations. And these days, in a world that is increasingly designed for girls, boys are suffering—in education, socially, and especially in maturity Today on the BreakPoint Podcast, Warren Cole Smith interviews Mark Hancock, the CEO of Trail Life USA, a Christian organization whose mission is to guide generations of courageous young men to honor God, lead with integrity, serve others, and experience outdoor adventure. 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Prior to his work at Trail Life, he spent 15 years working with at-risk youth in residential therapeutic wilderness programs and served as the Vice-President of the Wilderness Road Therapeutic Camping Association. An author and a speaker, he has written for journals and published a book chronicling the foundations of therapeutic camping. He frequently speaks on the topics of fatherhood, biblical masculinity, outdoor education, and wilderness therapy. Stephen lives in South Carolina with his wife and 4 sons. 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