This book will provide you with answers by giving you tools to be a change agent for your family. You will gain insights into your character, behavior, and thought patterns so you can identify the ways you contribute to or subtract from honoring your son. By the time you’re done listening to this book, you will have learned about yourself and the initiation and blessing ceremony I did for my sons. Hopefully, my story will spark your interest and generate ideas as you start planning to honor your son into manhood.

Initiating your son into manhood is directly tied to the depth of your character as a man and a father. Does this direct connection mean you have to start working on yourself before initiating your son into manhood? Quite possibly. Here’s why. I would argue that you can’t train your son to grow into mature masculinity if you haven’t been trained yourself. It’s no different than me training someone to be an airplane pilot when I’ve never been trained as a pilot.

When I finally matured as a man, I felt qualified to train my sons on how to grow into mature men. You may already be well-qualified to train your son. To be sure, I encourage you to ask your wife, trusted friends, and mentors if your character and behavior reflect that of a mature man. Look in the mirror and ask yourself the same question. Are you a mature man, inside and out? Do you have the character required to guide your son wisely? The direct connection between initiating your son into manhood and who you are as a man is why this book is a journey of self-awareness, humility, transparency, and courage. In the end, you have the potential to be more self-confident, authentic, and intentional. You also have the opportunity to see the benefits of investing in yourself. All of this insight can be yours as you learn the how and why of creating, planning, and executing your son’s initiation and blessing ceremony.