Transitioning is a natural part of life

Transitioning is a natural part of life.

A boy transitions into a man, husband, father, patriarch, and elder. A girl transitions into a woman, wife, mother, matriarch, and elder.

When we took away our ancestral rites of passage and muddied up clear social roles, we broke the chain connecting us to our past and its wisdom.

Today, we need something we are no longer getting.

There are millions of young people who are uncomfortable with their bodies and roles. Of course, they are uncomfortable! They need to go through the conversion process required to change their thinking to match their physical growth.

At each stage of transition, we need to be “reprogrammed” with rituals and new thinking patterns to meet our new challenges. This is a conversion process to prepare us to face our new life. It is a rebirth as well and often includes receiving a new name.

A boy undergoing the process of transitioning into a man would leave the world of his mother to join the world of men and learn to think, dress, speak, and act differently than before. He “comes out” to the tribe as a man with all the responsibilities and privileges that entails.

But without wise direction from parents, the natural conversion process that boys crave can become perverted by predators.

What lesson can parents take from this? You must:

1. Make clear to your children the separate roles of men and women.
2. Provide them with a path to develop into their respective roles.
3. Provide them with clear rituals that mark their transition into adulthood and beyond.

By doing this, you offer them a compelling alternative to the message that slick perverts and their billions in marketing provide. You build in your childs mind a bulwark against manipulation designed to undermine their identity.

We can win, we must win, and we will win.