6 Ways to Achieve Manhood from AMERICAN MAN
Television host and author Lawrence Jones believes that if we are to restore what’s best about America, we will need all the manly virtue we can summon. A good place to begin is by evaluating your own role in the world. Are you a father? Are you a husband? Do you believe in God? Are you disciplined, chivalrous, or resilient? These are a few of the qualities Jones touches on in his new book American Man—read on to learn more about how family and figures throughout history shaped his views of masculinity.
Here are 6 ways to achieve manhood, from Lawrence Jones’ book American Man:
1. Be present as a father.
A good father has more value in a son’s life than a dozen coaches or teachers. Coaches and teachers repair. A father builds. He is there from day one to guide, to instruct, to serve as a role model. It is a father who teaches a son to respect women, to stand up to bullies, to fight for justice, to tell the truth, to keep his word, and to stay strong in the face of adversity. I was blessed to have a father who was always there even when I didn’t want him to be. He refused to abandon his responsibility just because I was a know-it-all.
2. Protect those you love most.
In a sense, any responsible man serves as the tip of his own family’s spear. A woman provides essential support, but it is the man whose essential duty it is to protect his loved ones from harm. This role can take an emotional toll. One way we can grow as men is to acknowledge we are not invulnerable. If we are the protectors that God intended us to be, we have to do a better job of understanding how we feel and sharing those feelings with significant others in our lives.
3. Live life with purpose.
Many would suggest that God has no place in the quest for manhood, that the idea of God is somehow outdated. I would disagree. Institutions of all sorts have rules and regulations, but without the Holy Spirit guiding us, we are just going through the motions. We are living a life without ultimate purpose, and that ultimate purpose should be pleasing God, not ourselves. Jesus died on the cross to redeem us. Following in His path is the least we can do to honor that sacrifice.
4. Reinforce discipline and structure.
A parent doesn’t have to be harsh, but being firm helps kids grow within appropriate limits. Providing accountability and not accepting excuses prepares kids for the harsh reality of the real world. It helps society considerably when institutions reinforce the discipline that children, especially sons, learn at home.
5. Be on time.
In dealing with friends, family, and associates, a gentleman, I believe, always respects their time. It is one thing to show up late at, say, a movie where no one is expecting you. It is another thing altogether to show up late for a meeting. If a dozen people are waiting for you, you have wasted as many minutes as you are late times twelve. God has a moment for all of us, and we have an obligation to be ready for it.
6. Push through and overcome.
Men are supposed to be able to deal with whatever comes their way without losing their cool or their ability to think clearly. That doesn’t mean being superhuman, but it does mean having a mental playbook to turn to when faced with different kinds of challenges. Resilience simply means the ability to withstand adversity and bounce back from difficult life events.
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Fox & Friends cohost Lawrence Jones delivers the common sense book America needs more than ever in this definitive takedown of the left’s never-ending attacks on masculinity.
A generation ago it was understood that men and women were unique, yet interdependent, and designed by God to be that way. Today, the woke crowd wants you to believe masculinity is “toxic.” In his first book, Lawrence embarks on a thorough examination of who is doing the attacking and why. Informed by his travels across the country for Fox News, Lawrence explains how confused progressives are about manhood—and how powerful the need is to set the record straight. Men, he argues, are indispensable to thriving families and prosperous societies, and the sooner men start acting like men, the better off we all will be.
Packed with stories from his own life and work, Lawrence makes a persuasive case for the virtues of manliness—courage, resilience, godliness, and self-reliance among others. Lawrence challenges his fellow men to live up to their responsibilities as men and to fill the cultural void woke ideologues have been happy to exploit. In confronting the chaos of contemporary culture, Lawrence is forced to reexamine his own beliefs as he spurs an honest discussion about what it means to be a man in America. The book also includes candid, never-before-shared interviews conducted by Lawrence of his Fox News colleagues, like Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Pete Hegseth, Will Cain, as well as other prominent voices like NFL great Ben Watson and actor Dean Cain.
This insightful and uncompromising book from one of the country’s fastest rising stars will enlighten and inspire readers—as it proves once and for all the crucial role men can and must play in American life today.
