Data: the more time groups of fathers spend time with groups of their teenage sons, the better off the country will be. Teen boys need their dads & his friends more than any other men. This is a father/son overnight trip. Connection + virtue formation = no “toxic masculinity.”

Teenage boys need to be influenced, and actually want to be influenced by, older men around their dad’s age. This is critical. These kind of trips allow for that. Teen guys need another mature voice (not a 25-year-old youth pastor). The data on this: https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Boys-Different-Become-Well-Balanced/dp/158761328X

The solution to bad masculinity is actually *more* masculinity. Thanks @Ful77967737Anna for posting this brilliance. May this be a regular trip for years to come! Brilliant parenting!