The Power of Downtime for Boys

No matter their age, friendships are an important and formative influence on your growing son. How can you help them make good friendships? Friendships that are built on values, experiences and empathy rather than text messages and TikTok?

Alvaro de Vicente has had more than 20 years experience teaching and mentoring at The Heights School in Maryland, USA. The boys school strives to assist parents in the intellectual, moral, physical and spiritual education of their sons. With his ear to the ground, working closely with students, parents and teachers, Alvaro shares in this episode a number of thoughts to take away and apply to your home or classroom when it comes to raising your son, or teaching your students.

You don’t want to miss:

• Three benefits of good friendships for your child

• The role you play in the confidence of your son

• How to manage when social media replaces real friendships 

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Family Matters: How Schools Can Cope With the Crisis in Childrearing by Robert Evans

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