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Founder Kimmi Berlin has created an excellent resource for parents, educators, and anyone with boys’ best interests at heart to support boys’ healthy emotional and relational development. Build Up Boys delivers thoughtfully designed, evidence-backed exercises that use accessible language and engage boys in ways that are fun, practical, relatable, and meaningful. The launch of this impressive curriculum could not be more timely as we strive, with some urgency, to foster boys’ connections to themselves and to others.
— Judy Chu, Ed.D., author of When Boys Become Boys.
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These days we are desperately looking for a way to raise healthy boys and young men with wisdom and humanity. Kimmi Berlin has done an outstanding job of creating a curriculum. It is one that is informed not only by evidence but also by heart. It is accessible, teachable, and fun.
— Ray Swann, PhD, Executive Director: Foundation for Positive Masculinity, Head of the Crowther Centre, Deputy Headmaster at Brighton Grammar
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I am so impressed with the curriculum my first-grade son experienced and immediately noticed a difference in him. When we signed up, I did so because I already thought we practiced these things at home and I thought it was in line with my parenting philosophy, however, this program really filled in the gaps and enriched his social and emotional vocabulary and his connection with himself and his feelings - in a relatively short period of time. One example that highlights this is, after the Build Up Boys program, my son asked me and other family members to stop giving him kisses on the lips. It was such an eye-opening moment where he completely set a healthy boundary, and began to practice body autonomy. I’m proud of him and the tools he has learned to advocate for himself.”
— Mom of first-grade son
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After participating in BUB’s curriculum test, my husband can’t stop telling people about Build Up Boys and the approach. He was so impressed by all of the research and thoughtfulness with which the program is being constructed. We’re total supporters and so excited about it!
— Mother of seven-year-old boy
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My son loved it! He said it was fun (this was key for him!) but also learned about himself. He especially enjoyed the identity work. My son was hesitant about missing “play” time at first to attend BUB and then ended up really enjoying it and it became the best part of every Tuesday! He was really bummed that it ended. Thank you, thank you!
— Mother of second grader
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It provides a unique all-boy space that highlights important SEL skills while doing so in a fun, engaging way that reaches the boys in various ways
— Mother of second grader