In Packaging Boyhood, we scrutinize the world of boy power, and the ways media and marketers' stereotypes about how to be a man reach way down into the lives and entertainment of younger and younger boys. Popular TV shows and movies, video games, music, magazines, and clothing are filled with messages about how boys should be, and what's acceptable and unacceptable for boys to do, think, and feel.

We're conducting research to find out what boys are listening to, reading, watching, wearing and doing so we can make sense of boy culture and think about what it means to our sons, students, and to us as parents, teachers, and mentors of the next generation of boys.  If you are a boy, grab your parents; if you are a parent of a boy, grab your son, and fill out our    survey (below). Your answers will be anonymous and the survey is a great way to start that important conversation about media and what it means to all of us.

Thanks!

Lyn, Sharon, and Mark