what does that even mean? To be a "man"....boys need to be taught to be human beings...fair, equal,compassionate, independent, respectful, non-violent, non-sexist human beings, to do dishes, his own laundry, change diapers,wear pink shirts if he wants to,...not simply a "man" which will separate him from other people...make him superior on some level...teach him to evolve...the world will be a much better place

i know plenty of men who are true gentleman who were raised by a mother and no father figure. people really do spout some bullshit.

I’d suspect there are some things a boy will pick up from other men but there is no reason you can’t raise him to be a proper man

A mother can teach her son to be honorable and to respect others. And if he can become that, he is better than most.

Absolutely.... mother’s are better teachers 👍

You can help him become a kind and well-rounded person; which will help make him a wonderful man.

I think social media is raising most of the kids nowadys

A mother can’t teach a boy how to be a man. Send him to a boxing club or martial arts school

Many good men have been raised by their mothers with little or no help from the fathers.

Depends on how you define a man. However, whether they are boys or girls, I think getting them outdoors and doing things like hiking, biking, fishing, hunting (if you can or finding a mentored hunting program); teaching them things like bird / plant identification (helps you too with a guide book) is all good as it gives them a better basis for learning other things. All this helps with getting productive conversations going.

I and my wife raised five boys and one girl doing all this stuff together (yes my wife hunted and fished with us also, but I could never get her to touch a snake or lizard). All five grew up working hard, all paid their own way through college and now have families of their own doing the same things.

You can help by having high standards of conduct and being consistent. There are some things that it's good to have a male role model to emulate, but that doesn't have to be dad. It can come from teacher, coach, or some other authority figure.

Of course you can. Good parents don’t require a certain gender. But there probably will be specific situations or questions he will have that should require the guidance of a trusted man or father figure.

I would not have wished to raise my sons without Mr. Ohara there, but that's just me. Wishing you all the best on raising your son.

I think there are some things far easier for a man to teach a boy. and I think there are a good number of things that women wouldn't necessarily think to teach/tell a boy about, but I'm not sure any of those things are on a make or break requirement list for manhood.

A parent can teach their child to be an honorable person regardless of gender. But there might be specific questions he has growing up better answered by a man you trust.

As long as you can teach him to be well-adjusted and happy, you have done your job - regardless of gender...

Let me think. Would a boy that grows up.to be ab adult male get called a nan. (Correction man)

Yes. I believe that he would still be called a man.

Would he know what it's like to observe a husband and father live his daily life? Or will he simply assume female life is identical, or nearly so, to the life of his divorced, estranged, distanced and in some cases, absentee father.

This is a difficult one.

I don't even know what to say. Other than that many men have had only cousins, brothers, uncles or other mentors to help them become very good men. Some not.

You probably shouldn't be too worried about it. I'm sure he'll survive. It's what men do.

You can teach him honesty, perseverance, kindness, and compassion - just like a father would. Using those building blocks to become a man is his job - not yours, not his fathers.

a mother can do a lot to raise him up to be a man, correctly.... but without a doubt, having a father and a mother is the best situation.

A good mother can teach her son to be anything. Women can buck as well as any man can. I've been taught that quite clearly in my life. Problem is, good men and women are getting more scarce with each passing day. This whole "bay momma" and "baby daddy" thing is testimony to that. Dead beat dads and absentee moms are far too common, and the whole LBJ welfare system encourages the destruction of a people. We need social safety nets, but the democrats were doing the 'democrat' thing when they came up with the 'war on poverty'. They managed to bamboozle a lot of people./

True to a point

some women I know, know more about what it is to be a man , then some of the men I know.

Just a well rounded parent, matter which sex (but mothers are more involved in there kids lifestyle,than a man would be,generally speaking)

Sure you can!

I don't believe in gender roles.

Both.

Any parent can teach their child to be a good person.

im not the male bonding type i probably learn more from mother

Best thing a mother can do for her son is to teach him how to love and treat a woman and let him know the difference between a some tramp and a real woman.

Give him a shovel. Hammer. A pile of scrap lumber. A pile of dirt. And a garden hose. He will learn to be a man. Oh. And lots of firecrackers

😐

Nonsense

A woman can only teach a boy how she thinks a man should be. That’s not teaching a boy to be a man

Being a man isn't taught. If he has a dick, he's a man. EZ PZ.

Whoever said that is a mug.

My father was an abusive, neglectful prick with no lessons to teach other than how to hurt and attack people weaker than oneself.

My nan, my mom, my sister and my niece taught me everything I needed to know to be a man.

whoever told you that is a misogynistic piece of trash.

that whole 'man' and 'woman' crap gets in the way of learning to be a 'human'.

i got sick of that crap when i was kid.

Whomever told you that is full of shit. *But*, you have to learn how to raise a man and not some spongy ass whiny mamas boy.