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Posted on: 10/29/18 1:50 PM | by Jonathan McKee
This Thursday and Friday Focus on the Family will be airing a two-day radio show where they interview me about how parents and teachings can prevent bullying.
Here’s just a quick snippet:
Here’s Continue reading “Focus Interviews Me about Bullying”
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Posted on: 10/16/18 3:30 AM | by Jonathan McKee
Some of you might have caught the exclusive excerpt of my new book I posted on our parents site last week. The following is ANOTHER excerpt from the first chapter of my brand new book, The Bullying Breakthrough, releasing this month… the first book where I finally tell my story…
Chapter 1: View from the Edge
“Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”
We’ve all heard it. We all had teachers who reiterated it. “…word will never hurt me.”
Complete foolishness.
Nothing could be further from the truth. I probably don’t even need to give you thirteen reasons why Continue reading “View from the Edge”
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Posted on: 10/8/18 1:32 PM | by Jonathan McKee
In the next few weeks I’m wrapping up my first draft of my next book, The Guy’s Guide to Four Battles Every Young Man Must Fight.
Would you like to read/screen it next week? Whoever does will get a free copy of the book on its release next year.
I only ask one thing– that you read it within a week. Interested? Keep reading.
I’m writing this book because of such a positive response to the first Guy’s Guide book I wrote: The Guy’s Guide to God, Girls and the Phone in Your Pocket. This book has been an Amazon best seller for two years now and seems to resonate with young men. I love reading the reviews because most of them are written by Continue reading “Would you like to screen my newest book to teen guys?”
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Posted on: 09/11/18 3:30 AM | by Jonathan McKee
The same group of young people watches a boy get pushed around by a bully in gym class almost every day…
and they do nothing.
They merely “stand by.”
Some chuckle, some shake their heads. But no one does anything.
Are “bystanders” any better than the bully?
Ask the kid who is being harassed every day. Continue reading “Talking with teens about how they treat others”
Posted in Books, Bullying/Cyberbullying, Discussion Ideas | Tags: anti-bullying, bullying, bullying curriculum, Bystanders, cyberbullying | Leave A Comment
Posted on: 09/5/18 3:30 AM | by Jonathan McKee
I’m neck deep writing my newest book to young men… and I’d love your advice?
And here’s what I want to know:
What advice do you think today’s young men need more than anything else?
Every time I speak at leadership event for today’s young people I notice something overwhelmingly obvious: the ratio of guys to girls.
Can you guess what it is? Continue reading “What Advice Do Today’s Teen Guys Really Need?”
Posted on: 08/21/18 3:30 AM | by Jonathan McKee
It’s a sobering glimpse into a high school campus through the eyes of today’s teenagers and it releases this month in print! (you know… real books with actual pages!) 🙂
This new piece of fiction is titled Bystanders, and I thought I’d give away the print version to the first 100 of my U.S. blog readers who would love to read it… with one condition: you read it. (Sorry those outside the U.S., I love you, I honestly just can’t afford the shipping. Buy the Kindle version!)
Seriously. And if you like it Continue reading “giving the first 100 of you my school shooting book”
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Posted on: 06/28/18 3:23 AM | by Jonathan McKee
Today I’m working on a brand new workshop for parents, teachers and youth workers helping kids experiencing bullying.
Notice I didn’t say “helping kids who are bullied.” This is where my training will immediately differ from others. I’m not just advocating help for kids who have been picked on, but help for the bullied, bullies and bystanders. After hundreds of interviews and 100+ hours of research for my upcoming book The Bullying Breakthrough… I found that most kids fall into one of three categories Continue reading “Helping Bullied, Bullies AND Bystanders”
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Posted on: 04/24/18 3:30 AM | by Jonathan McKee
Today’s guys face a lot of distractions… a lot more than I faced as a young man.
Let’s be honest. When I was 13 in 1983 I had access to porn, drugs, and raunchy entertainment media.
But I think the biggest difference between then and now is Continue reading “Refreshingly brutal advice to young guys”
Posted in Books, Entertainment Media, Jonathan's Rant, Movies, Music, Self Image, Sexuality, Smartphones/Cell Phones, Social Media, Youth Culture | Tags: discipling boys, Jonathan McKee books, Porn, raising boys, self esteem, smartphones, social media, teen boys, The Guy's Guide to God Girls and the Phone in Your Pocket | Leave A Comment
Posted on: 04/3/18 3:30 AM | by Jonathan McKee
Many of you know I’ve been buried in bullying for the last few months, polling kids, listening to stories, dialoguing with counselors… all for my next book, The Bullying Breakthrough.
Would you like to take a peek at it?
Here’s the deal: I’ve got two weeks before I turn this manuscript in to my publisher and I’d love your feedback. That means you’d have about a week to read as much as you want and let me know your thoughts.
Want in?
Email me at [email protected] and just tell me, “I want in!”
I’ll give free copies of the book to all the people who read the whole thing and give me feedback.
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Posted on: 09/18/17 3:30 AM | by Jonathan McKee
“In stock”
I’ve had sooooooooo many parents asking me about this book for their teens/tweens… it’s so good to see it finally “in stock” ( over two weeks early). I received boxes of them Friday, and Amazon began shipping them Saturday.
Enjoy the book! Here’s what those who screened the book for me said about it:
“McKee’s best yet. This book will most definitely be the new ‘phone contract’ today’s parents use to engage their kids in meaningful conversation about their use of technology. Required reading for any teenager.”
—Doug Fields, Author of Speaking to Teenagers and 7 Ways to Be Her Hero Continue reading “The words I’ve been waiting for…”
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