Table of Contents

On Parenting: Raising Men Fully Alive

1. Foundations of the Man Fully Alive: Core Concepts
  - The Man Fully Alive, Alvaro de Vicente
  - Who Am I?”: The Question of Persona, Alvaro de Vicente
  - Moral Imagination, Alvaro de Vicente
    - Part I
    - Part II
  - Our Little Protectors: How Do We See Our Boys, Alvaro de Vicente
2. General Culture: The Current Outside
  - Raising Boys in an Age of Affluence, Alvaro de Vicente
    - Part I
    - Part II
  - Forming iGen, Alvaro de Vicente
    - Part I
    - Part II
    - Part III
  - Mantras, Mottos, and Slogans: On Parenting in an Era of Powerful Phrases, Kyle Blackmer
3. Culture of the Home: The Current Inside
  - Family Culture, Alvaro de Vicente
  - Fostering Vocations in a Digital Age, Fr. Carter Griffin
  - Leisure and Acedia: R.J. Snell on Contemplative Homes in a Frenetic Age, Dr. R.J. Snell
  - Forthcoming: The Sabbath
  - On Home as Social Hub: The Importance of Hosting Our Sons and Their Friends, Tom Royals
  - The Risks of Overspecialization and Professionalized Youth Sports, Alex Berthe
  - “Will he be happy?”: Fostering Gratitude in a Fast-Paced World, Andy Reed
  - On Manners: The “ABCs” of Virtue, Colin Gleason
  - Reading:
    - Performing Books Aloud, Tom Longano
    - The Read-Aloud Family, Sarah Mackenzie
4. Parent/Son Relationship
  - Leading our Sons Towards Integrity, Colin Gleason
  - Parenting: Patience or Optimism, Andy Reed
  - Learn to Turn: On Parental Prudence, Tom Royals
  - Seeing Our Boys with Loving Eyes with Tom Royals: Not Projects, but Persons, Tom Royals
  - Building a Relationship of Trust with Your Son, Alvaro de Vicente
  - Decisive Parenting, Michael Moynihan
5. Psychology
  - From Anxiety to Adventure: Kevin Majeres on Reframing Challenges, Dr. Kevin Majeres
  - The Freedom to Form Bonds: Kevin Majeres on Mindfulness and Attention, Dr. Kevin Majeres
  - Endless Growth: Kevin Majeres on Addictions and Setting Challenges, Dr. Kevin Majeres
  - The Stressed Son: Causes of Adolescent Anxiety, Alvaro de Vicente
  - Emotions Fully Alive: Forming Boys’ Affectivity, Joe Cardenas
    - Part I
    - Part II
  - The Importance of Greentime, Eric Heil
6. Specific Topics
  - Technology
    - Forthcoming: Video Games
    - Welcome to the Web: Introducing our Sons to the Internet, John Beatty
    - Is Your Son Ready for a Smartphone?, Alvaro de Vicente
    - Digital Minimalism, Cal Newport
      - Part I
      - Part II
    - Forthcoming: How to Introduce the Smartphone
    - Forthcoming: What is Actually Happening on Social Media?
  - Human Sexuality
    - Guidelines for Dating, Alvaro de Vicente
    - The Talk and Beyond, Michael Moynihan
  - Academics
    - Handling Poor Grades: Steps to an Academic Reset, Michael Moynihan
7. Fatherhood
  - The Bedrock Principle of Fatherhood, Andy Reed
  - The Father and His Family, Michael Moynihan
8. Age-Specific Guidance
  - Forthcoming: Lower School Years
  - Middle School
    - The Middle School Years, Andy Reed
    - Material Order and the Middle School Boy, Kyle Blackmer
  - Forthcoming: Upper School Years
9. Discipline
  - Respectful Dominion: On Discipline, Colin Gleason
10. Leading by Example: Improve Yourself
  - Forthcoming: Anger
  - His Anxiety and Ours, Alex Berthe
11. Friendship/Social Dynamics
  - Friendship for the 21st Century Boy, Alvaro de Vicente
  - On Bullying: Guiding Future Protectors through Social Difficulties, Colin Gleason
12. After Graduation: Stayin’ Fully Alive
  - Rethinking College: Why go? How? When?, Arthur Brooks
  - Finding Mentor’s After Graduation: On Find Your Six, Pat Kilner
  - On Friendship after Senior Year, David Maxham

On Teaching: Educating Men Fully Alive

1. The Parents
  - Parents as Primary Educators, Michael Moynihan
  - The Role of Parents in the Conspiracy for the Good, Alvaro de Vicente
2. The Teacher
  - For Aspiring Teachers
    - Teaching: A Professional Vocation, Alvaro de Vicente
    - Guidance for Aspiring Teachers, Alvaro de Vicente
    - On Preparation for Teaching: Six Attributes of Great Teachers, Colin Gleason
    - Why Teach? An Introduction to the Teaching Vocation, Rich Moss
    - The Art of Teaching, Rich Moss
  - Teacher’s Virtues
    - The Teacher as Liberal Artist, Tom Longano
    - Humility and Teaching: On Leading While Walking Backward, Joe Bissex
3. The School
  - School Culture
    - The Culture of The Heights: Alvaro de Vicente on Our Mission, Alvaro de Vicente
    - School Tone, the Most Powerful Teacher, Alvaro de Vicente
    - Artwork in Schools: Joe Cardenas on the Buildings the Build Us, Joe Cardenas
    - Teaching Magnanimous Dress, Joel Sellier
    - On Freedom and Phones, Alvaro de Vicente
    - On Recess: The Benefits of Free Play, Colin Gleason
    - When to Fight: Kyle Blackmer on Fisticuffs and the Peacemaking Protector, Kyle Blackmer
    - Why Sing: Pat Love on Brotherhood and Song, Pat Love
  - Leadership
    - On Hiring Teachers: Drafting a Faculty of Friends, Alvaro de Vicente
  - Discipline
    - Respectful Dominion: On Discipline, Colin Gleason
    - Self-Mastery: Alvaro de Vicente on Fostering Interior Freedom in Schools, Alvaro de Vicente
4. Moral Formation
  - Anton Vorozhko on the Education of the Human Heart, Anton Vorozhko
  - Virtues
    - On Pieper’s Prudence: A Virtue for the Great-Souled, Colin Gleason, and Austin Hatch
      - Part I
      - Part II
    - Educating “Practically Wise Governors”: On Prudence and the Liberal Arts, Matthew Mehan
    - Forming Wise, Courageous Risk-Takers, Alvaro de Vicente
    - Work and Acedia: R.J. Snell on Our Original Vocation, Dr. R.J. Snell
    - Leisure and Acedia: R.J. Snell on Contemplative Homes in a Frenetic Age, Dr. R.J. Snell

1. Intellectual Formation
  - Philosophy of Education
    - Fact or Opinion: On Preventing (or Unwinding) Moral Relativism, Michael Moynihan
    - Bring Back Reason, Michael Moynihan
  - Liberal Arts
    - Defined:
      - Defining the Liberal Arts, Matthew Mehan
      - Is The Heights a Classical School?, Michael Moynihan
      - On Christianity and the Classical Education: On Ausonius Grammaticus, Lionel Yaceczko
    - Practicum:
      - On Preparing for Bad News: Raising Men Who Can Handle It, Matthew Mehan
      - Why Our Politics Needs Poetry, Matthew Mehan
  - Curriculum
    - English:
      - Teaching Hemingway and Fitzgerald with Michael Ortiz: Into the Writer’s Workshop, Mike Ortiz
      - Modern Literature: On Curating the Contemporary, Mike Ortiz
      - Inferno or Paradiso? On Introducing Students to the Divine Comedy, Jason Baxter
      - Lying to Dumbledore: On Moral Consequentialism in Children’s Literature, Joe Breslin and Tom Cox
      - On the Healing Power of Tragedy, Finn Mehigan and Lionel Yaceczko
      - Teaching the Craft of Writing from the Sentence Up, Joe Breslin
    - Math:
      - Mathematics: The Lost Liberal Art, David Maxham
    - Classics:
      - A Study for All Seasons: Lionel Yaceczko on the Western Tradition, Lionel Yaceczko
      - Order and Surprise: Lionel Yaceczko on Beauty and the Western Tradition, Lionel Yaceczko
      - The Grindstone Skills: On Latin in Education, Lionel Yaceczko
        
        Part I
        
        Part II
      - “You get to take Latin!”: On the Benefits of Classical Studies, Justin Myers and Lionel Yaceczko
      - Plutarch’s Lives Teach: Tom Cox on Character Education through Story, Tom Cox
    - Science:
      - Initiative for the Renewal of Science Education
        
        Science Education: Michael Moynihan on the Need for a New Synthesis, Michael Moynihan
      - Natural History
        
        An Introduction to Natural History: On the Study of Our World Fully Alive, Eric Heil
        
        On Nature Journals and Observant Souls, Eric Heil
        
        “Can I Catch It?”: On Handling Wildlife, Eric Heil
2. Spiritual Formation
  - - Theological Virtues
      - Faith:
        
        Forming Men of Faith, Alvaro de Vicente
      - Hope:
        
        Foundations of Hope: Raising Optimistic Men Fully Alive, Alvaro de Vicente
      - Forthcoming: Charity
3. Physical Formation
  - - Systems for Athletic Success, Dan Lively
    - Character Formation in Elite Athletics, Brad Soderberg
4. Mentoring
  - - General
      - Why Boys Need Mentors, Alex Berthe and Joe Cardenas
      - Mentoring Sons to a Successful Summer, Joe Cardenas
      - Foundations for Mentoring Struggling Students: On Fighting the Right Fires, David Maxham
    - Personal Dynamics
      - Praise and Affirmation without Flattery, Alex Berthe
      - On Addressing Character Defects: Thoughts on Tough Love, Joe Cardenas