tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post1826490823429320301..comments2023-06-20T06:34:12.073-07:00Comments on <b>MAN-MAKING BLOG</b>: The Guy's Hikes - TucsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-3977276647920944202008-03-26T08:54:00.000-07:002008-03-26T08:54:00.000-07:00How to get men involved is the challenge of EVERY ...How to get men involved is the challenge of EVERY organization with boys in need of mentors. <BR/><BR/>Right now in MN, the MN mentoring partnership estimates 75,000 kids on wait lists for mentors across the state's mentoring organizations. That's just the kids that have said they WANT a mentor... not counting those that need mentoring. And that is just MN!<BR/><BR/>I feel your man hunger my friend. It's why Man-Making book was written.<BR/><BR/>Keep on doing the work you can. If all men did <I>something</I> our boys would be in better shape.Earl Hipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04762883577925178492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9438466.post-56419135002595289372008-03-26T08:47:00.000-07:002008-03-26T08:47:00.000-07:00I am a firm believer in using the premise of, "cre...I am a firm believer in using the premise of, "<I>create your own man-making</I>". Being "good at" or "expert at" anything, that can potentially interest a young man - earns respect and respect often earns and leads to getting boys attention and a willingness to learn. <BR/><BR/>Most of the sessions we do at Kilbarchan are based on this premise. We had a carpenter lead us in table building, we had an astronomy buff lead us in star exploration, a magician teach the kids magic, an artist teach them to draw, etc. Some of my "skills" that we have had sessions on, included poetry, playing pool, ping pong, tennis, basketball, baseball, football, teaching about various subjects such as prejudice, learning to seek a job, storytelling, yo-yo-ing, finding a boy's calling, and setting your goals in life. <BR/><BR/>I think you can even stretch the whole "<I>create your own man-making</I>" concept a little to include something like, "when a young man sees and experiences an older man demonstrating excellent behavior, sincere caring, willing generosity, consistent patience, selflessness, continual dependable commitment, and anything else that is normally associated with being a "good man" or a good person, there is a better chance of having that young man emulate such conduct." <BR/><BR/>Simply put, a man can be "good at" or even an "expert" at, "being a good man" and this is what "struggling," needy young men (and healthy young men too for that matter) need to consistently see. <BR/><BR/>I guess what I really wish I knew is how we can get more men to understand (and then hopefully employ) the many potent gifts they each have lying inside them, often not being used - while many boys, like the Kilbarchan kids, sit in desperate need of these unused and often unrecognized "gifts."<BR/><BR/>Peace, Greg<BR/>ZIMMERIND@aol.com<BR/><BR/>EARL: See the Man-Manking blog post on the men helping boys at Kilbarchan in February's posts titled: <B>Mentoring Heroes and A Give-Away</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com