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Parenting

Stephen Ashton Oct 27, 2021

Mentoring, Parenting, Masculinity, Raising Godly Boys

Boys are Made for Action

What is Your Son's Faith Doing? Boys are designed by their Creator to be doers. They need activity and purpose. God intended for boys to be boys. Snakes and snails, hammers and nails, rifles and coonskin caps—that is what boys are made of! Boys grow in character and leadership through activity and…

Staff Oct 20, 2021

Parenting, Trail Life USA, Raising Godly Boys

Trail Life USA Allows Boys to Connect with Father-Figures Through Outdoor Adventure

Trail Life is a natural place to forge meaningful relationships between fathers and sons. The outdoors with all its inherent adventure creates a unique opportunity to teach responsibility, forge leadership, impart masculinity, and mold boys to become biblically bold and courageous men of character.…

Staff Sep 28, 2021

In The News, Parenting

Trail Life USA and Focus on the Family Unite to Bring ‘Fearless Under Fire’ Event this Thursday

Partnering to Equip a Generation Prepared to Live Out Their Faith

Stephen Ashton Jun 17, 2021

Mentoring, Parenting, Masculinity

Father's Day Reminds Us - Boys Need Courageous Godly Men

Raising Godly Boys Requires Men Who Understand the Language of Boyhood On the journey to manhood, boys need men who are involved, engaged, and intentional. This Father’s Day, Trail Life USA is encouraging men to make a diffence by taking time to enter a boy's world as a dad or a dad-like.

Daniel Huerta - Focus on the Family Apr 28, 2021

Parenting, Leadership, Masculinity, Raising Godly Boys

How Fathers Help Kids Grow

When fathers are attentive to their children, they build relationships that encourage healthy child development. Contemporary culture has minimized and marginalized the crucial role men play in the life of the family. Yet the important role of fathers in raising secure, godly, healthy, confident…

Dr. Josh Mulvihill Mar 25, 2021

Parenting, Raising Godly Boys

Why Worldview Matters

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. -Theodore Roosevelt Many Christian young people are unprepared to navigate the tidal wave of unbiblical ideas that confront them. If George Barna is correct, over 70% of Christian young people will reject their faith before…

Stephen Ashton Feb 14, 2021

Parenting, Let Boys be Boys, History

Herbert Hoover: A Boy's Bill of Rights

There are two jobs for American boys today. One is being a boy. The other is growing up to be a man. Both jobs are important. Both are packed with excitement, great undertakings, and high adventure.

Stephen Ashton Apr 27, 2020

Parenting

A Prescription for Adventure

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning, but for children, play is serious learning.” -Fred Rogers

Stephen Ashton Mar 30, 2020

Mentoring, Parenting, Let Boys be Boys, Masculinity

3 Keys to Growing Confident Men of Character

1. Cultivate Relationships Boys need dads who remember the world of backyard matchbox cars. Who can recall the time when dirt roads were carved from mulch beds, rocks became doughnut shops, cars drove to the tops of trees, and perils awaited in the grass jungles.