{"product_id":"the-boy-man-epoch","title":"The Boy-Man Epoch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn an era when boys are raised on screens, chemicals, safetyism, and a culture that pathologizes traditional masculinity, millions of young men have become \"boy-men\"—biologically adult but emotionally and functionally stuck in perpetual adolescence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Boy-Man Epoch: When Culture Stopped Forging Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a unflinching diagnosis of how the 1960s counterculture, no-fault divorce, the war on \"toxic masculinity,\" helicopter parenting, pornography, video games, vaping, THC, and institutional softening dismantled the ancient cultural mechanisms that once turned boys into capable, resilient, responsible men.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on history, statistics, personal stories (including a devastating father's confession), and decades of hands-on work with aimless young men, Marcus Kane traces the timeline of the collapse—and offers a clear, practical path forward: relight the forge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not another book blaming men. It is a demand for higher expectations, real rites of passage, strong fatherhood, physical challenge, and honest feedback. It is a call to rebuild agency, resilience, responsibility, and purpose—one man, one family, one community at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you are a father, grandfather, mother, mentor, or young man who senses something essential has been lost, this book will give you the language, the evidence, and the courage to act. The forge only works on the living. It is time to strike the match again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(If you or someone you love is in crisis, call or text 988—the Suicide \u0026amp; Crisis Lifeline—24\/7.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfect for readers of Jordan Peterson, Richard Reeves (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOf Boys and Men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Warren Farrell, or Christina Hoff Sommers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CTM Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44675391815764,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/0030\/0628\/files\/TheBoy-ManEpochbookcover.jpg?v=1774540531","url":"https:\/\/ctmpublishing.org\/products\/the-boy-man-epoch","provider":"CTM Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}