This Memorial Day, as we honor those who have paid the highest price for our freedom, be sure your son understands the true meaning of “honor.”

No one embodies true honor like the men and women, both active and retired, in our nation’s military. Your son can learn this by engaging with veterans.  He can march in a parade, clean a monument, or work with the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

This he can do as a memorial to those who have given their lives in service. A high embodiment of value.  Discuss what it means to be a man who serves God and his country. As we say in our Trail Life USA oath, it’s a man who “respects authority, is a good steward of creation, and treats others how [he] wants to be treated.”

When boys see honorable examples of masculinity, they grow to become honorable men.

For more ideas on raising boys to be godly men, visit Trail Life USA or RaisingGodlyBoys.com.