Boys are already being taught what manhood looks like. The question is who's teaching them.

Dr. Munib Rezaie brings a decade in K–12 schools, a PhD in Communication, and a father's perspective to a question every school and every family is quietly wrestling with — how do we raise boys who are strong enough to be honest, connected, and accountable?

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Why this work, why now

"One in three American men says no one really knows him. That disconnection starts in boyhood — and it's being shaped right now, in your school's hallways and on every boy's screen."

The gap in a boy's education doesn't stay empty — it gets filled. Gaming communities, YouTube channels built around dominance and contempt, "sigma male" content that frames emotional awareness as weakness. Boys are consuming hours of this every day. They don't need you to tell them it's wrong. They need a better alternative — something that takes masculinity seriously without teaching them to wall themselves off from everyone who cares about them.

You can see it in schools. Emotional dysregulation. Boys who've learned to suppress everything, and who show up sideways — as aggression, as detachment, as performance. The assemblies don't work. The suspensions don't work. Punishment changes behavior in the moment; only understanding changes the beliefs underneath. And right now, the beliefs are being formed.

Here's the opportunity: boys are still reachable. That window doesn't stay open forever — but right now, schools are one of the few institutions still in the room with them every day. The question isn't whether this work is needed. It's whether we're going to do it intentionally, or leave it to chance.

The gaps in a boy's education don't stay empty.

63%

of men wish they were more masculine. Today's boys are receiving those same messages right now — from every screen, every peer group, every space where no adult is watching.

Equimundo, State of American Men 2025

53%

of men say "no one really knows me." That disconnection starts in the hallways you walk every day — and it's preventable, if we start early enough.

Equimundo, State of American Men 2025

86%

define manhood primarily as "being a provider" — a script so narrow it creates shame for every boy who doesn't fit the mold, and silence in every boy who tries.

Equimundo, State of American Men 2025

About Dr. Munib Rezaie

A counselor who's still in the room.

I've spent more than a decade inside schools — as a teacher, a counselor, an administrator, and eventually a principal. I didn't build this work from a research lab. I built it from what I saw in my students and what I've tried to figure out as the father of two boys.

My academic background is in communication and school counseling — I have a PhD in Communication and a master's in school counseling — which means I think a lot about the messages boys receive, where those messages come from, and how to replace the ones that are working against them. I've presented research on this at academic conferences and created an online course on masculinity used by adults across the country.

I wrote a children's book called Meet Coach Ben because I believe this work starts young. It was reviewed by Kirkus and mentioned in Rolling Stone. It's about a boy learning that asking for help is its own kind of strength — which is the same thing I try to teach at every age.

PhD, Communication

Media Studies & Social Influence

MA, School Counseling

Licensed, K–12

10+ Years K–12

Teacher · Counselor · Principal

Published Author

Kirkus-reviewed · Rolling Stone

Boys are already being taught what manhood looks like. The question is who's teaching them.

One mission. Five ways in.

A counselor who's still in the room.

The conversation your boys need is already overdue.