Youth

 
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We help boys challenge the status quo.

You know those boys.

You know them from your classroom, your sports team, your dinner table. You’ve seen them trying out what it means to be a man. You’ve seen them engaging with peers, stepping up as leaders, and navigating the rough waters of adolescence.

When you need to be there for them, to be an emotional support or an invaluable mentor, where do you turn to know, with confidence and calm certainty, what to do?

Next Gen Men trains, equips and empowers parents, educators, coaches, and youth workers to lead the next generation towards a better future, to anchor them to positive masculinities and offer them opportunities for connection and growth.

We know that, today, our social conceptions of ‘what it means to be a man’ leads boys and men towards persistent negative outcomes. From sexual assault to mental health, violence against others or against themselves, statistics point to a critical problem, if not a crisis.

We also know that boys aren’t broken, and we know that the future of masculinity is in their hands. That’s why we champion hope at Next Gen Men—because when we create the space for new maps to manhood, they lead the way. Every time.

They are the next generation, and how they grow up as men will shape our shared future.

So how will you show up for them?

We’re always learning.

The more we do this work, the more we are aware of how much we have left to learn and unlearn. Since 2018, we’ve been publishing content for parents, educators and coaches, reflecting on our experiences working with boys and young men and our ongoing research into boyhood masculinities.