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Regulating Anxiety

& Uncertainty

If our good sons are going to be able to successfully handle the challenges of the adult world, they’ll need to become more skillful at controlling their thoughts, emotions and behaviors.

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Developing Responsibility

& Building Resilience

When young men fail to develop responsibility and resilience, it inevitably leads to natural consequences that result in missed opportunities, strained relationships, inability to care for oneself and ultimately, a lack of self-respect.

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Decreasing Self-Doubt

& Increasing Self-Confidence

Your son may be experiencing self-doubt due to emotional trauma or becoming overly reliant on video games, social activities, weed, alcohol, or medication. Your son can overcome self-doubt by discovering his own values and natural skills, and by developing essential virtues such as responsibility, discipline, and cooperation.

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Managing Time & Being Productive

Young men who are easily distracted by fun activities and cannot manage their time properly will less likely achieve their true potential. In order for him to reach his goals, he’ll need to become more effective in the short term and more efficient in the long run.

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Mastering ADHD

& Regulating Emotions

Raising a young man with ADHD or a short attention span can feel overwhelming for the whole family. ADHD not only impacts your son’s ability to focus—it can affect his ability to plan ahead, manage time, regulate emotions, and develop healthy habits for success. These struggles may hinder his academic performance, emotional well-being, and relationships with others, leaving him feeling frustrated and misunderstood.

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Mastering Respectful & Cooperative Relationships

In today’s digital world, many young men are losing the ability to form genuine, caring,and cooperative relationships. Constant screen time and lack of meaningful face-to-faceinteraction have weakened their natural ability to bond and collaborate in healthy,human ways.

Knowing how to listen carefully, speak truthfully, and work towards shared goals withothers, will allow your son to build trust with his family, friends and in future relationships.

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Upcoming Workshops

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Mastering Respectful & Cooperative Relationships

Date: April 19, 2025

In today’s digital world, many young men are losing the ability to form genuine, caring, and cooperative relationships. Constant screen time and lack of meaningful face-to-face interaction have weakened their natural ability to bond and collaborate in healthy, human ways.

Knowing how to listen carefully, speak truthfully, and work towards shared goals with others, will allow your son to build trust with his family, friends and in future relationships.

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March

Mastering ADHD & Regulating Emotions

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April

Mastering Respectful & Cooperative Relationships

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July

Increasing Energy & Decreasing Stress

August

Setting &

Achieving Goals

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September

Learning Leadership & Management Skills

October

Finding Work & Managing Money

November

Understanding Masculinity & Being You

December

Developing Personal Growth & Spiritual Wisdom

Dr. Mark Schillinger

Founder and Director of Challenging Teenage Sons and the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend

Presenter

Dr. Mark Schillinger

Dr. Mark mentoring at the YMUW

Dr. Mark has been called "a teen whisperer" because of his ability to help teens develop their inner wisdom and discover the skills they’ll need in order to handle the challenges of the adult world. He’s a family mentor, social philosopher, public speaker, and an award-winning chiropractor who specializes in mind-body wellness.

He’s the founder of the Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend, a rite of passage adventure camp, and of Challenging Teenage Sons, which teaches parents and their sons how to create lifelong caring and cooperative relationships.

Dr. Mark’s proven method has taught parents around the world how to foster the healthy development of their son’s emotional intelligence, whether he’s an extrovert or introvert, over-empowered or under-driven, overconfident or unwilling, entitled or indifferent, or suffers from anxiety or attention disorders.

His work with young men and parents was featured on the CNN show "This is Life With Lisa Ling" in 2020. He’s been mentoring families since 2000.

Whenever Mark and his adult son, Gabe, can find time, they play sports together and collaborate to make African-reggae-hip-hop beats. Gabe attended the first Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend in 2000 and has also served as a YMUW volunteer.

Dr. Mark and His Works With Parents and Young Men Was Featured On CNN's

"This is Life with Lisa Ling"

People Dr. Mark Has Worked With

Warren Farrell

John Gray

Lisa Ling

Katie Couric

Bruce Lipton

Lisa Ling

Read what people have to say about Dr. Mark's work

Mark’s work as a family mentor helps parents use their different parenting styles to create a united approach. Using his parenting method, he gives parents the structure, support, and skills to help their son be happy and productive

John Gray Phd

Author

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

The rite of passage events led by Mark are one of the most powerful solutions to the challenges I outlined in The Boy Crisis. Not only does Mark help young men develop the responsibility and resilience needed for adulthood, he also mentors’ parents to overcome the problems of raising teens in this digital era by skillfully using their authority and influence to support their sons’ growth.

Dr. Warren Farrell

Author

The Boy Crisis

Mark is an insightful and compassionate mentor who helps fathers harness their masculine wisdom to strengthen relationships at home. He has a unique gift for guiding fathers to balance tough love with tender love, becoming role models for their sons on what it means to be a good man

Jed Diamond Phd

Author

12 Rules for Good Men

As a therapist, I'm very impressed with Dr. Mark’s method, and I've adopted it into my work with families and young men. This method has profoundly influenced my work.

Richard Platt

Family Therapist

Before we met Mark, the three of us were fighting all of the time. Our home life was awful. His ability to work with our son was nothing short of a miracle. He skillfully administered wisdom and direction to us all. Now we spend our time together in laughter, discussion and creative pursuits.

Mark’s methods are like having a training manual on how to raise a teenage son with 24/7support. With the aid of direct training with Mark, we’ve experienced a complete turn-around.

Nicky & Andrew Lucero

Parents

Mark offered my husband and I a unique set of practical tools to use daily, which improved our communication with each other and with our son. In addition, he built the foundation of these tools on a spiritual base that made genuine love and caring the glue to keep us moving forward with hope and resilience.

Marcia Meyers

Parent

You’ve given us so much. You are a uniquely talented artist with uncommonly powerful instincts about transformation. You’ve given our family great tools and a renewed sense of hope, love and possibility.

Thank you.

Peter Meyers

Parent

As a therapist working with families over 20 years, I received many gems from working with Mark. And as a parent, I felt held and guided about what's most important in relationship with my sons. Thanks Mark!

Barbara Murphy

Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Mark has been a godsend helping my son and my family. Through Dr. Mark’s help, my son has totally turned himself around. My wife and I have become better parents, we learned how to keep him on track and my son is more productive.

Dave Bohegian