10 Ways Educators Can Build Positive Masculinity With Boys

What does positive masculinity look like in the classroom? How do you transform boys’ problematic attitudes or behaviours into positive and accountable young men? Better still, how do you give them the space to discover who they are, or want to one day be?

As an educator and mentor, you know the stakes are high, and the challenges aren’t small. At their current stage in life, the boys and youth you work with need social connection and positive mentorship in a crucial way. And yet, so much of what they learn about themselves and the world teaches them to push friends away, put on a fearless mask, and try to live within the confines of an unforgiving box.