Redefining Masculinity
A six-week curriculum — paired with staff training and a parent workshop — that helps schools support boys’ emotional, behavioral, and social development. Designed by a school counselor. Built to be taught.
The boys in front of you are looking for somebody’s script. Right now, it isn’t yours.
The crisis is real. Behavioral incidents, emotional shutdown, and online radicalization are all surfacing in classrooms, and many schools and organizations are not equipped to address them.
of young men say “no one really knows me well.”
Equimundo · State of American Menmale-to-female ratio in adolescent suicide deaths.
CDC · Adolescent Mortalityof young men encountered Andrew Tate’s content in a year.
Equimundo · State of American Menboys are disciplined at roughly twice the rate of girls.
U.S. Dept. of Education · CRDCMasculinity is learned. That means it can be redefined.
The curriculum rests on four convictions drawn from a decade of counseling work and grounded in adolescent development research.
Masculinity is learned.
Boys are invited to examine what they’ve been taught about manhood, and to author a definition they can defend.
Emotional awareness is strength.
Naming, feeling, and regulating emotions is taught as a skill that requires practice.
Accountability is about growth, not punishment.
Boys learn to take ownership of impact without collapsing into shame; a skill many adults struggle with too.
Identity is shaped in community.
Reflection, choice, and peer support are the most constructive conditions for lasting change — not lectures or punishments.
A six-week arc that moves a boy from learned script to chosen identity.
One lesson per week. Each session follows the same flow: conversation, reflection, insight, practice. Pick any week below to see what’s inside.
Boys aren’t failing to grow up. They’re growing up without a map.
— The premise of Redefining Masculinity
A curriculum alone doesn’t change a school. A shared language does.
The program ships in three pieces. Organizations can run the curriculum on its own, or pair it with staff training and a parent workshop for full-school alignment.
The Curriculum
Six discussion-led lessons that take boys through the framework, with all materials and worksheets provided.
- Format6 lessons over 6 weeks, 45–60 minutes each
- AudienceBoys in grades 6–12, single or mixed grade
- IncludesLesson plans, slide decks, worksheets, facilitator guide, pre- and post-assessments
- DeliveryIn-person, advisory or elective block
Staff Training
A 90-minute professional development session that equips educators to support boys’ emotional growth and respond consistently across classrooms.
- FormatOne 90-minute training session, on-site or virtual
- AudienceTeachers, counselors, coaches, deans, support staff
- OutcomesShared language and aligned response to behavior
- Why it mattersConsistent adults make the curriculum stick
Parent Workshop
A one-time session that gives families a high-level understanding of the framework and practical tools to continue the conversation at home.
- FormatOne 60–90 minute workshop, on-site or virtual
- AudienceParents, caregivers, and family mentors
- OutcomesBetter conversations at home; aligned messaging
- Why it mattersWhat happens at home decides what sticks
Bundled together, the three form a whole-school alignment model: students learn the framework, staff reinforce it daily, and parents extend it at home.
Talk through your school’s fit →
Built by a counselor who’s still in the room.
Dr. Munib Rezaie, PhD — Educator · Counselor · Researcher · Father
Redefining Masculinity grew out of years of direct work with adolescent boys, paired with research on social-emotional development, masculinity, and identity formation. It is designed to be delivered by the people already doing the work — counselors, teachers, advisors, caregivers — with materials that don’t require expertise in masculinity studies to use well.
What you’re reading about isn’t a theoretical framework. It’s an operational answer to the boys Dr. Rezaie has spent his career working with.
The questions every administrator asks first.
If you have a tougher one, ask it on the call. We’d rather have the hard conversation now than three weeks into a contract.
The boys in your building are already being taught what manhood is. By somebody.
Twenty minutes is enough to see if this is the right fit. Complete the form below to have a real conversation about how the boys in your organization are showing up.