Pocket Guide for Young Men Without Fathers

Pocket Guide for Young Men Without Fathers is designed to give ten-year-old and up 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.