“The Masculinity Workbook for Teens is the book adolescent boys and those of us who work with them have desperately wanted. Not because it has all the answers, but because it doesn’t. It doesn’t replace the ‘guy code’ with a set of more progressive rules. With respect and guidance, it empowers boys to explore and create their own guidelines for being a man. A magnificent achievement.”
—Stephen Tosh, CEO of the Boys’ Club of New York, career youth worker, father of a son, and survivor of his own adolescence
~Stephen Tosh
“The Masculinity Workbook for Teens is an excellent resource for parents, caregivers, mentors, coaches, and educators to share with the boys in their lives. This practical guide empowers boys to navigate the ‘guy code,’ a set of unspoken rules they are pressured to follow to prove they are ‘man enough.’ Reigeluth has created an incredibly useful workbook for boys to do the inner work to uncover their whole humanity and authentic selves.”
—Jennifer Siebel Newsom, filmmaker, and founder of The Representation Project
~Jennifer Siebel Newsom
“Young men long for us to acknowledge the realities of their lives; not to blame or shame them, nor condescend or lecture. What Christopher Reigeluth accomplishes so thoughtfully is to make this urgent conversation broadly accessible. By inviting boys to reflect on the air they breathe, he offers an invaluable guide to ‘awakened masculinity.’ I heartily recommend this workbook to all who care about boys.”
—Michael C. Reichert, PhD, author of How to Raise a Boy, and director of the Center for the Study of Boys’ and Girls’ Lives at the University of Pennsylvania
~Michael C. Reichert, PhD
“How do you talk to a boy about masculinity? About what it means to be a man? You can give your son this book, or you can use the personal stories, quotes, and exercises provided by Christopher Reigeluth to shape the conversations you’ll have with your son over the next few years.”
—Andrew P. Smiler, PhD, therapist, and author of the award-winning Dating and Sex
~Andrew P. Smiler, PhD
“Teenage males probably would not ask for this book, but secretly I bet they all want this: an actual guide for being a man that goes beyond standard scripts and norms for how men are supposed to be. What makes this book wonderful is that it is more of a DIY guide to being the healthy and complete man that you are and want to be. All the young men in my life are getting copies.”
—Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD, professor of counseling at California State University, Fullerton; and director of the Center for Boys and Men
~Matt Englar-Carlson, PhD
“The Masculinity Workbook for Teens is as important as it is timely. Timely because it identifies an underlying pathway to addressing the pain and confusion boys and men are feeling and perpetuating across America. Important because the workbook empowers and equips each reader to become part of the solution through the development and modeling of healthy masculinities.”
—Joe Ehrmann, author, activist, and president of the InSideOut Initiative—a national movement to reclaim the social-emotional and character development sports can and should provide for every participant
~Joe Ehrmann
“This is the book that all people who care about boys have wanted for a very long time. It speaks to boys and not at them, and engages their natural intelligence and curiosity, including their ability to think critically and emotionally about their own experiences. The ‘going deeper’ sections are brilliantly constructed to get at what boys really think and feel, and not simply what they think they ‘should’ believe. The author even takes an intersectional approach in his discussion of identities, making it both a critically important book and a timely one. Buy it and give it to any boy or young man you know! You will change their lives.”
—Niobe Way, EdD, author of Deep Secrets—the inspiration for the Grand Prix-winning movie, Close, at the Cannes Film festival
~Niobe Way, EdD
“Boys need opportunities to explore who they want to be, not a society that imposes stereotypes dictating who boys should become. In this novel workbook for boys themselves, psychologist Chris Reigeluth offers a collection of distinct activities to help boys examine how the ‘guy code’ impairs their ability to choose who they want to become. School professionals and other concerned adults will find this workbook indispensable toward supporting boys’ self-discovery.”
—Joseph Derrick Nelson, PhD, associate professor of educational studies at Swarthmore College, and senior research fellow with the Center for the Study of Boys’ and Girls’ Lives at the University of Pennsylvania
~Joseph Derrick Nelson, PhD
