In a world drowning in harmful ideas about masculinity, Man Enoughis the life raft we desperately need. Wise, vulnerable, trustworthy, and hilarious, thisbook will liberatelives, redeem relationships, and help carry us all to higher ground."— Glennon Doyle, New York Timesbestselling author of Untamed, Founder of Together Rising

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Every young boy needs to have the information in this book. From being “brave” to consent to loving yourself — it’s all so important for the next generation of men to know. I felt the same amount of disgust while reading Susan Cain's Quiet. There were very few things that I read and said, "Oh I should write this down!!". Very few. Justin Baldoni, American actor, filmmaker and podcaster, whose 2017 TED Talk on ‘what it means to be man enough’ went viral, has written a chatty, kind, honest guide to being a boy. Covering topics like being brave, being smart, being cool, as well as sex, puberty, bullying and being bullied, body image and love, this is essential reading for 10+. This is the most important addition to the conversation around masculinity in a decade because it is solution based and allows everyone access to this conversation in a safe way. Justin is masterful in encouraging and guiding men in consciously examining their own masculinity and how it's affecting their lives and the world around them by being transparent and vulnerable about his own growth.”— Karamo Brown, TV Host & star of Netflix’s Queer Eye I encouraged people to follow me on social media and to use the hashtag #boyswillbe to either celebrate the boys and men in their life, to call our or expose traditional, old school ways that are harmful to men and others in their life or to talk about new ways to promote or discuss healthy masculinity — it is meant for as a starter for a wide range of discussions.In this highly politicized society, the term “toxic masculinity” to some is just a liberal scheme to emasculate and blame men. Our cultural concept of manliness glorifies stoicism, strength, virility, and dominance, and we know that it can be harmful to mental health thanks to the American Psychological Association.This book isn't about learning the rules of the boys' club, it's about UNLEARNING them. It's a get-real guidebook that will show you how to be:• Brave enough to reveal who you really are Today, one of my newest friends, Jose, and I discuss masculinity in the Latinx community, animated movies, going to Disneyland and the optics of being a man in the world. Praise for Man Enough:“ Man Enoughfilled my heart with courage to do and be better. Oozing truth and love this book was absolutely necessary for me to read. If you’re like me and searching for a push in the right direction… you’ve found it.”— Shawn Mendes Have you ever noticed that there are unwritten rules that tell boys how to act, think, and feel Nobody knows where they came from, but one day—BAM!—you suddenly feel these invisible forces, pushing you to follow the rules of masculinity, even if they don’t make you happy.

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Justin Baldoni There's a lot of talk about the idea that boys don't read. Do you worry about reaching them? I also found that the early connections and the care and consistency that I demonstrated translated into trust that I built over time that made it possible for me to have the group discussions that I had to produce the video series and other photo and written content I produced at all. In partnership with the community members — boys and men who are not usually given time and space and a voice in the media landscape — I noticed a gap that exists and so I created a service and a way to keep engaging boys and keeping them accountable to each other. Metrics & Outcomes Have you ever noticed that there are unwritten rules that tell boys how to act, think, and feel? Nobody knows where they came from, but one day—BAM!—you suddenly feel these invisible forces, pushing you to follow the rules of masculinity, even if they don't make you happy. Now tell me I don’t sound like an actual insane person. Would you believe I’m quite educated? Would you believe I look normal and act normal in society? Would you believe i put on my mask like everyone else and go and function in the real world with a smile on my face for my children? Would you believe I’m just like you? Another hurt victim of this terrible system with a good heart and belief in humanity. Really makes you think…doesn’t it. Really makes me want to read Marx and get into my community ❤️✌️ Be prepared: This book is raw and surprising. There is no subject off-limits or lies detected. Sometimes things might get a little uncomfortable, but that’s an important part of getting to know—and believe in—yourself.I give it a shot, first chapter or so, I realize that this is definitely for kids younger than me. I’m You share a lot in the book, and focus on social-emotional learning. What do you hope the takeaway will be? There is more than enough on the planet to sustain us. If we stop playing monopoly. Did you know monopoly was created by a woman with two versions? One showing how capitalism takes and destroys and one version showing how it would work if we all work for each other, with each other, turn towards each other. A Marxist version. Guess what capitalism did to her game? Today I speak to a Therapist! His name is Omar Lorente and we dive in to why men act a certain way, Mom vs Dad approvals and what it takes to be a Therapist.

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Man Enough: Undefining my Masculinity” by Justin Baldoni - https://eclectuals.indielite.org/book/9780063055599 Welcome to another BIG GROUP discussion! This week is about Social Perfectionism. I have no problem believing men try to be socially perfect because we want to look "perfect" to people to keep them away? Impress others with our 'success'? It's pretty on brand I think, and we talk about it!

I am not the target audience for this book. However, as a mom of a boy and a teacher of many boys I wanted to read it before recommending my students take a look at it. Unfortunately I found it to be very boring and I don't see my students having the attention span for this book. I think there were a lot of great insights and gems inside the book. The prompts were great and I could see myself using those with students but some of the stories just dragged on. I often hook kids in with graphic novels and I could totally see them loving a graphic novel adaptation of this book. Or a possible workbook/journal type book where they read shorter stories and have space to reflect on the journal prompts. As any sort of independent reading I don't know if this would hold their attention. One metric that signals that success is the way that they are getting together and gathering even without me or any prompting from me, and also exhibited in the group discussion I am hosting this week even after graduation because members of my community have asked for it. So I started thinking that I wanted to get people together to share their experiences and then share that discussion online for even more people to relate to, learn from or be influenced in some other way by it. I realized from my initial research that having an informed discussion about how men are socialized is serving a huge need in the community of boys and men of color in itself.