Challenging Teenage Sons

Challenging Teenage Sons We see households as a place where all family members foster authenticity, teamwork and trust to ensure more love.

Reduce your son's video game addiction, depression, & anxiety, so that you can have more connection with your teenager. | BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION 👇 cts.drmarkmentor.com We envision a world where young men are held in high regard and adults consistently model the values they know young men need in order to realize their true potential. With flourishing relationships between parents and their sons, young men will make the world a much safer and more prosperous place for humanity.

11/14/2025

👉 Most parenting experts focus on fixing behavior problems.

‼️ But here's what they're missing:

Teenage boys aren't broken. They're biologically wired to seek challenge, purpose, and mentorship.

The problem? Modern life rarely gives them those things.

For thousands of years, cultures used rites of passage to activate a young man's natural drive to step up.

They used trained mentors and proven methods to transform boys into confident men.

Today's boys are anxious, unmotivated, and glued to screens—not because something's wrong with them, but because they're missing these ancient essentials.

At the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend, I've watched it happen over and over.

Boys who seemed lazy or indifferent walk in on Friday.

By Sunday, they're standing taller, speaking up, taking ownership.

Same kid. Different environment.

Your son doesn't need another consequence or another lecture about his attitude.

He needs what every generation of young men before him needed: a challenge that pushes him, mentors who believe in him, and a community that calls him higher.

That's not a parenting strategy. That's biology.

If your teenage son is stuck, struggling, or pulling away—this isn't about you failing as a parent.

It's about him missing something essential to his development.

Want to learn more about how rites of passage work and why mentorship matters?

👇Comment "YMUW" and we'll send you the details.

11/03/2025

Hear me out:

With the education and technology revolutions changing teens' time at home and their attention span, parents need a way to mentor their teens in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

👇 Comment SUPPORT for access to our Free Parents' Group

And you'll have instant access to your first resource:

đź“‘"Four Secrets: Helping Your Son to Become More Mature & Independent Without Anxiety, Anger or Arguments"

10/28/2025

Your son isn't lazy. He's addicted.📱

The fix? Daily routines that actually work.

What's one daily routine that's helped your son (or you)? Drop it below 👇

10/22/2025

If this resonates, follow along with .teenage.sons.

I share brain-based parenting strategies that bridge the gap between you and your teen.

10/10/2025

👉 Use Positive Discipline Consequences with your teen instead.

09/05/2025

What virtues do you see in your teen son that will help him as an adult? 👇

09/02/2025

Mentor your teen son on how to be successful as an adult in the outside world

A Disturbing Trend: Why Your Son May Have Low EnergyWhen children spend too much time on devices due to FOMO, gaming, or...
08/14/2025

A Disturbing Trend: Why Your Son May Have Low Energy

When children spend too much time on devices due to FOMO, gaming, or social media, it can seriously derail their emotional growth and delay their journey to maturity.

A study from Yale University detailed the most important dangers to young people from excessive exposure to screens:

đź”´Social anxiety and withdrawal
đź”´Depression and mood swings
đź”´Physical complaints with no clear cause

Your son's future is in danger if he cannot regulate his time and energy properly. The sooner your son starts being exposed to daily practices that he can do in order to have the energy and drive to succeed in life, the better.

That's why I've created "Mastering Daily Routines for Young Men"

- to help your son become the Chief Energy Officer of his life so that he can become more responsible for himself.

đź“… Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PT
đź“Ť Location: Live on Zoom
đź’ł Cost: $47 (portions of the proceeds donated to YMUW)

Ready to help your son take control?
Register here: https://cts.drmarkmentor.com/mastering-daily-routines

As a family mentor for 26 years, I’ve read lots of books, listened to hundreds of podcasts and watched dozens of intervi...
05/28/2025

As a family mentor for 26 years, I’ve read lots of books, listened to hundreds of podcasts and watched dozens of interviews with experts on raising young men.

Here are my top eight experts:
1) Warren Farrell, PhD
2) Richard Reeves
3) Michael Gurian
4) William Po***ck
5) Leonard Sachs
6) Jed Diamond
7) Michael Meade

All of these experts play an influential role in the work that I do guiding parents and their teenage sons to have more caring and cooperative relationships.

The one thing they all have in common is that they believe young men should experience a rite of passage initiation.

In the late 1990s, I was desperate to dramatically improved the relationship with my beloved son, Gabe. He and I loved each other, but I had a hard time connecting with him, and I didn’t know how to stay close to him during his teenage years.

It was really painful being so close to, and so far from my son.

I heard about a rite of passage initiation event in Canada (Young Men’s Adventure Weekend). I went as a medical volunteer and Gabe went as a participant.

It really helped us bond closer in just a few days.

When I started the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend (YMUW) in the year 2000, I wanted to have another opportunity with Gabe to keep moving our relationship in the right direction.

Not only did it help us become the closest of friends that we are now, but it also helped the other 204 young men who showed up!

Since that time, and to this day, I continue to follow those six experts in order to keep up with the challenges that our teenage sons face today in this era of digital dominance and artificial intelligence.

I’m hosting a series of Preview Calls over the next few weeks to educate parents about the YMUW and how it’s helped thousands of young men – just like your son - become more responsible, resilient, and relaxed, all while having a ton of fun!

Here are the details:
Time: 7 PM – 8 PM
Cost: Free
Register: https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/form/S7eLBH567nQrgPPF1xCL
Dates:
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Monday, June 16, 2025

As a benefit for parents attending the call, I’ll also be revealing my most important tip to help you more effectively communicate and motivate your son to become more responsible for his own well-being - without nagging or yelling.

05/15/2025

Ancestral Intelligence meets Artificial Intelligence.

For 2 million years, families raised young people by focusing inward and helping them reflect on their thoughts, their emotions, and their relationships.

Today, with AI and constant digital distractions, our young people are focused outward.

They are learning to trust the outside world more than their own inner wisdom.

And we're moving too fast.

Without a clear rite of passage, too many teen boys are left drifting without purpose or direction.

We can’t go back to the "old ways."

But we can create new ways to help young men reconnect to themselves, to their families, and to something bigger than technology.

That’s exactly what we do at Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend, a modern rite of passage for teenage boys and young men who are ready to step into responsible manhood.

If you want your son to experience a real transition into strength, accountability, and leadership, YMUW can provide that opportunity.

📅 June 19–22, 2025
đź”— Learn more and register for a preview call for more information: https://go.ymuw.org/2025

05/06/2025

🧠 Why do teens listen to mentors when they tune out their parents?

It’s not because you’ve failed. It’s because mentors come without the emotional history and tension that can build up in families.

At Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend, teens get to hear wisdom from trusted adults who aren’t trying to control them — just guide them. That’s what makes the message land.

🌀 No judgment. No power struggles. Just real talk that gets through.

In the newest episode of Challenging Teenage Sons, Dr. Mark Schillinger breaks down why mentorship works — and how parents can still lead with love and clarity.

đź“ş Watch it on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/uniteyourfamily

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Challenging Teenage Sons is founded on the premise that our adolescent sons are good young men who run the risk of becoming irresponsible, entitled, withdrawn, or over-empowered or habituated towards drugs, alcohol or digital devices. Our work focuses on teaching parents how to successfully overcome the negative influences of technology and media on their sons. We do this by showing parents a specific communication style that will help them talk to their son in a language that will activate his own healthy masculine wisdom. This new method of communication will also motivate him to become more responsible for his own well-being and success. Using our technology, parents learn how to trust their protective instincts and then apply that insight by skillfully using their authority and influence to mentor their sons - without nagging, yelling or punishing.

OUR FAMILY EDUCATORS SHOW PARENTS HOW TO:


  • Use effective consequences

  • Deal with hyper-activity or apathy