Anthony Bradley

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Solving America’s boy-to-man crisis through fatherhood, fraternities, faith, and freedom. Research @ActonInstitute & Kuyper College| Book: Fatherhood Effect

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This is the kind of nonsense baseball training we have kids doing these days and making pediatric surgeons rich in the process…

Any boy who grows up with married, supportive parents, a father who hugs &amp; kisses him, a mother who hugs &amp; kisses him, etc., will become a young man who will do great things. The juvenile &amp; prison systems are full of boys &amp; men who did not have what you’re seeing in this video.

Parents of 20-something men, this is what your son is encountering out here, so if he’s not dating anyone don’t shame him for it. Thoughts on her perspective?

Roughhousing is one of the best activities fathers can do with their sons. I have a stack of psych data on the benefits. I often get asked by dads, “At what age should I stop?” Ans: When you die.” It’s esp. vital during the teen years. It protects boys against addiction, etc.

A friendly reminder that the predominant expression of Protestantism &amp; evangelicalism in the US today, is charismatic, non-denominationalism. The 20-year attempt to center evangelicalism around Calvinism failed &amp; is now an echo chamber blind to their growing irrelevancy.

This is the culture at Ole Miss. This student regularly posts videos like this, and for some reason no one told him that this is a bad idea; and that one day he will need a job. I am not sure Gen Z realizes that employers check their social media accounts.

Every middle-school, high school, and college in America right now…

Fact: Most American fathers and sons lack this level of affection. Research is clear: more father-son affection predicts better mental health, confidence, grades, faith persistence, empathy, reduced addiction to porn &amp; video games, etc. So, why isn’t this normal in all homes?

In my masculinity research, I discovered that many just assume that young men are bad people and they have prove that they are not. “Toxic” became a synonym for “masculinity.” However, as I travel to college campuses, guys like this are more the norm than people realize.

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America needs more moms like this! The crazy thing about this story is that she had to talk the teacher into imposing consequences because it would impact her son’s college applications. He’s an honor’s student and a football player. Parents build character!

Cornell men get it. Dinner parties are far better than binge drinking at bars with music so loud you can’t talk. This was 1950s–early 60s young adult culture. Dinner parties &gt; bars. Who’s cooking? How are the guys dressed? Do SEC/ACC/Big10 state-school guys do this too?

We conflate “white privilege” with “class privilege.” Why? Because poor whites are off the grid. Tyson Bagent’s father didn’t have running water, in West Virginia, until his was in high school. This is why he got emotional after signing a 2-year, $10m extension with the Bears.

28-year-old former Dutch pro soccer player Kenzo Biyong moved Mitchel, a young man with autism, from a mental health facility into his home with his wife &amp; two young kids, changing Mitchel’s life. Grab tissues. Imagine if American jocks were raised to spend their 20s doing this!

They spend $16K on their son’s travel baseball career. The kid has a nutritionist. Parents are spending $16k a year on travel baseball and calling it ‘opportunity.’ It’s not opportunity. It’s parental foolishness &amp; idolatry dressed up as ambition &amp; success. #WormwoodFTW

This is Stetson Billings, 31. He’s a UPS driver. Some days, his wife brings his kids to meet him for lunch during his route. They are about to have his third child. Some parents would never want their sons to be UPS drivers but he is winning at life!

America, Clemson University is leading the nation by creating a program so that special needs college students are able to rush and join fraternities. Charlie is joining the Eta Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha! Clemson is a truly special place! #GoTigers

When I present the data on how vital father-son roughhousing is, dads often ask, “Until what age?” My response, “As long as you both can walk, that’s how important it is.” Josh Harris knows this! [P.S.—the teen years are particular crucial.]

For boys, starting in 6th-grade, “moms need to decrease and dads need to increase.” Fathers need to take the lead on everything with their sons until they graduate high school. ~Liz Caddow, founder of Trinity Classical Academy and classical Christian educator of 25 years.

Parents, I hope your homes are so full of love &amp; joy that when your college son is asked about not being around you and his siblings, he has this reaction.

“Travel sports are destroying American families.”

This is an evangelical youth pastor. Trend: boys raised in evangelical youth ministry are moving toward Catholicism &amp; Eastern Orthodoxy after high school.

I know two young men who were molested by older men as teens—they now act just like this. People forget Bieber’s story, but his behavior is textbook for male sexual abuse survivors. This isn’t “rebellion”—it’s a sexual trauma response.

Who is this? The utter nonsense of this is unreal. How on earth can you, with a straight suburban face, allege that most black churches are prosperity gospel churches in a world of Joel Osteen, Paula White, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, etc. Please stop lying on black churches.

May be the #1 parenting mistake of the past 20 years: parents treating iPads/tablets like mini-televisions. iPads/Tablets significantly damage a child’s brain. How can we stop parents from giving their child tablets? What can be done to get schools to stop using tablets?

His father has been incarcerated for more than 15 years. His son meets him for the first time on this day thanks to work of God Behind Bars. His son wouldn’t let go! His faces tells you how important this day was for him.

I will debate any pastor in America on issue: this is 1000x better than youth group. I have data! In my latest post, is data showing why no youth ministry in the world could ever be more faith-effective than boys signing with just the men once a week (a girls with older women).

Conservative evangelical (fundamentalist) pastor Loran Livingston, (Central Church, Charlotte, NC) calls Paula White a “heretic, blaspheming, Jezebel” noting that President Trump made the wrong choice for his faith advisor.

Must watch: In fall 2026, the federal is moving to eliminate financial aid eligibility for majors whose graduates do not earn at least as much as the average high school graduate. This incentive structure is going to effectively eliminate the humanities &amp; liberal arts.

I’ve been saying for years that the reason most blacks are Democrats today is that conservatives in the 1970s resisted integration. Had they taken a more libertarian position, America would look very different today. A missed opportunity. 1970s conservatism equaled pro–Jim Crow.

Any boy who grows up with married, supportive parents, a father who hugs & kisses him, a mother who hugs & kisses him, etc., will become a young man who will do great things. The juvenile & prison systems are full of boys & men who did not have what you’re seeing in this video.

A friendly reminder that the predominant expression of Protestantism & evangelicalism in the US today, is charismatic, non-denominationalism. The 20-year attempt to center evangelicalism around Calvinism failed & is now an echo chamber blind to their growing irrelevancy.

Fact: Most American fathers and sons lack this level of affection. Research is clear: more father-son affection predicts better mental health, confidence, grades, faith persistence, empathy, reduced addiction to porn & video games, etc. So, why isn’t this normal in all homes?

Cornell men get it. Dinner parties are far better than binge drinking at bars with music so loud you can’t talk. This was 1950s–early 60s young adult culture. Dinner parties > bars. Who’s cooking? How are the guys dressed? Do SEC/ACC/Big10 state-school guys do this too?

28-year-old former Dutch pro soccer player Kenzo Biyong moved Mitchel, a young man with autism, from a mental health facility into his home with his wife & two young kids, changing Mitchel’s life. Grab tissues. Imagine if American jocks were raised to spend their 20s doing this!

They spend $16K on their son’s travel baseball career. The kid has a nutritionist. Parents are spending $16k a year on travel baseball and calling it ‘opportunity.’ It’s not opportunity. It’s parental foolishness & idolatry dressed up as ambition & success. #WormwoodFTW

Parents, I hope your homes are so full of love & joy that when your college son is asked about not being around you and his siblings, he has this reaction.

This is an evangelical youth pastor. Trend: boys raised in evangelical youth ministry are moving toward Catholicism & Eastern Orthodoxy after high school.

Must watch: In fall 2026, the federal is moving to eliminate financial aid eligibility for majors whose graduates do not earn at least as much as the average high school graduate. This incentive structure is going to effectively eliminate the humanities & liberal arts.