Sonship the Ritual Passage to Manhood

"We lead the mighty"

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Workshop Curriculum

The program objective: to bring sanity, honor, integrity, ethics, responsibility, and accountability between fathers and sons; ages 10 - 80. Sons must develop the skills of being an independent thinker as well as a human being of good character.

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Character Development

• Character, what is it?

• Ethics, integrity, honor, responsibility & accountability

• The value of learning how to say "NO"!

• Attitude/Body Language

• Biology what is it really? Puberty and Sex

• Where do we go after sex?

•  Love vs. Lust

• Sex, what it is not?

• Lies about Sex and the dishonesty taught by parents.

• The importance of Sex vs Love 

• Sexual Hygiene

• Sexually transmitted diseases 

• Facts of same-sex relationship

Grooming

• Male Hygiene

• How to select clothing for any occasion.

• Grooming, clothing and what it says about you!

• Behavior/ Manners

Being a Son - Becoming a Man

• Becoming a man vs being a male

• Being your Father's Son vs being your Mother's are they the same?

• Fatherhood vs being a “Baby Daddy”

• Father of Character, Values, Choices

• What kind of son am I if I don’t know, care for or hate my father.

• What kind of a father will I be?

• Community, safety and protection of women, children and the law

Personal development

• Manners, politeness, courtesy, dignity and social graces for men

• Communication, what is it really?

• Communication vs Talking

• Communicating with Males vs Females

• Communicating with Females

• Quality to look for in a mate/girlfriend

• Qualities in a wife?

• Male brain vs Female brain

• Marriage vs. ‘kicking’ it’

• Decisions Making and the effect

Academic Skill Development

• Understanding the value of learning

• Learning How To Learn

• Tutoring

• A process for being a scholar

• School; what is it?

• Grades

• Training vs Education

• College vs University

• More as needed