Pocket Guide for Young Men Without Fathers ─ Important Life Lessons

Pocket Guide for Young Men Without Fathers is designed to give ten- to thirteen-year-old boys without dads self-confidence and teach them what fathers teach their sons. Divided into four main sections—Being a Man, Respecting Yourself, Your Future, and Other Important Lessons—it consists of twenty-eight short, easy-to-read chapters including:

• Walk with Confidence
• Respecting Your Mother and Other Women
• How to Shave
• Table Manners
• The Difference Between a Job and Career
• Saving Money
• Responding to Authority Figures

And much more.

This invaluable guide is full of vital life lessons that aim to keep boys on the right path. It is co-written by an experienced father and inner-city schoolteacher and a professional counselor within the African American community.

John G. Taylor writes a column in Psychology Today called The Reality Corner and contributes to HealthyBlackMen.org. A former correctional officer and probation officer with a degree in criminal justice, he is an adjunct professor at LaSalle University and Drexel University while he pursues his PhD.

Ira Somers is a former award-winning advertising copywriter. He holds a master's in education and a principal's certificate from Temple University. He taught fifth grade in a Philadelphia public charter school and is now a content writer on the web.