{"id":2247360,"date":"2024-05-18T05:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T09:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-of-trail-life-usa-stresses-need-for-boys-to-have-strong-male-role-models\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T05:06:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T09:06:07","slug":"ceo-of-trail-life-usa-stresses-need-for-boys-to-have-strong-male-role-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ceo-of-trail-life-usa-stresses-need-for-boys-to-have-strong-male-role-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Life USA CEO emphasizes the importance of strong male role models for boys"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fceo-of-trail-life-usa-stresses-need-for-boys-to-have-strong-male-role-models%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2247360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Trail Life\u2063 USA, an organization founded as an alternative to the Boy Scouts, emphasizes the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lego-declares-an-end-to-gender-bias-and-harmful-stereotypes-strips-boys-girls-labels-from-its-products\/\" title=\"Lego Declares An End To \u2018Gender Bias And Harmful Stereotypes,\u2019 Strips \u2018Boys,\u2019 \u2018Girls\u2019 Labels From Its Products\">male role models<\/a> for boys amidst a dearth of father figures. With 60,000 members, it offers outdoor adventures grounded in biblical teachings. CEO \u200dMark Hancock highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-thought-he-was-trying-to-sleep-with-me-says-gov-cuomos-sexual-harassment-accuser\/\" title=\"\u2018I thought he was trying to sleep with me,\u201d says Gov. Cuomo\u2019s sexual harassment accuser\">crucial role<\/a> of\u200c male\u200d mentors in shaping boys into good \u2064men, illustrating impactful stories of fatherless youths positively influenced by the organization.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014<\/strong> In a world where boys and young men are not offered many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yes-kids-need-celebs-like-ja-morant-to-be-good-role-models-but-fathers-matter-much-more\/\" title=\"Yes, Kids Need Celebs Like Ja Morant To Be Good Role Models, But Fathers Matter Much More\">positive role models<\/a> to look to, one organization is seeking to fill this need and train the next generation of men to be leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Trail Life USA, which started in 2013 as an alternative to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/boy-scouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Boy Scouts of America<\/a>, has grown to 60,000 members since its creation and offers boys ways to partake in adventures in the outdoors while guiding them in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>biblical<\/a> foundation with men. Mark Hancock, the CEO of the organization, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that one out of four boys do not have a father in their home and that a wide majority of their teachers in public education are women, stressing a need for boys to have male role models in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t find them in sports, they can\u2019t find them in politics, they can\u2019t find them in front of them in the classroom, and a lot of them don\u2019t have them in their homes,\u201d Hancock said. \u201cSo we surround them with these good and godly men to show them what it looks like to be a good man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hancock explained that the growth of Trail Life USA is in part thanks to fathers who volunteer to be leaders as their sons participate. However, the organization has also recruited men who do not have sons in the program but are \u201cconcerned about the next generation\u201d and seek to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/voddie-baucham-discusses-biblical-justice-masculinity-on-latest-sunday-special\/\" title=\"Voddie Baucham talks about Biblical justice and masculinity on the latest 'Sunday Special'.\">guide young men<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hancock also told a story of a young man in Trail Life USA who lived in California and was awarded the organization\u2019s second highest award: the Horizon Award. This man was raised by a single mother, and upon receiving the award, he said he wanted to thank the men in the organization for providing him with amazing leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018You taught me how to shave, and you taught me how to love Jesus,\u2019\u201d Hancock said. \u201cAnd you got to think that mom is probably, it\u2019s like she just hit a home run, she found a place for her son to be around these men who helped him to learn things that typically you would expect a father to teach him, and then also to learn the character and the leadership and developing his personal faith too. So that was a beautiful thing to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trail Life USA, Hancoked explained, is a \u201cspecifically Christian\u201d organization and so far has over 1,200 troops in churches across the United States. Hancock said there are \u201cdozens\u201d of denominations of Christianity within the organization and that churches in line with Trail Life USA\u2019s faith and values are eligible to charter its troops.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why it is important to teach biblical religion and principles in an outdoor program, Hancock explained that Trail Life USA focuses on teaching character and leadership and that it is not possible to teach about character without having a foundation of truth. As such, the organization uses the Bible as its foundation for truth, as \u201cit\u2019s really helpful to have those values\u201d at the base of the organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trail Life USA\u2019s gradual growth over the last 11 years comes as the Boy Scouts of America has made dramatic changes over the years, including allowing homosexual scouts in 2013 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-hosts-russia-u-s-officials-for-talks-on-afghanistan\/\" title=\"China hosts Russia, U.S. officials for talks on Afghanistan\">allowing girls<\/a> to join Boy Scout troops in 2018. The organization\u2019s most recent change was made earlier this month when it announced that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2994636\/boy-scouts-america-changing-name-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>it plans to rebrand to \u201cScouting America,\u201d<\/a> with this name change set to take place next year; Hancock reacted to the rebranding as \u201ctragic but not unexpected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Boy Scouts of America declined to comment to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Hancock\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive initiative, Trail Life USA aims to address the lack of positive male role models for boys and youth. 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