Making of Men Camps

Over the past 25 years the Rites of Passage Institute has been facilitating specialy designed bush camps that support the healthy transition from “Boyhood-to-manhood” for 10,000’s of young boys across Australia, and the world. Created for boys aged 13-17 years old, the 5-day Making Of Men (MOM) camp engages a boy and his father (or male mentor) in a number of activities, challenges, and ceremonies that celebrate his transition into manhood, and addresses the challenges your son, and your family, are currently facing at this crucial time in his life.

Your son will gain the necessary skills, lessons and values he needs to develop into a respectful, responsible and happy young man. A young man that has a clear and healthy vision for his future, and also his role within your family, social circles, and the wider community.

When your boy is between the ages of 13 and 17 years old he is experiencing many dramatic physical and psychological changes. This is a very exciting time, but also potentially the most dangerous and confusing time of his young life.

In short, your son is becoming a young man. If he does not have positive guidance and clear direction to develop a healthy vision of his new role as a young man - like many teenage males - he may never grow out of his boyish behaviour, and is more likely to succumb to negative influences that can lead to withdrawal from family and school, aggression, addiction, and mental health issues. Our camps provide boys with that positive guidance and education to prevent them going down the wrong path.

For thousands of years societies around the world have understood that a boy’s entire future is determined by how well he and his family managed the crucial time in a his life between 13-17 years old. In order to acknowledge and support their boys through this time, these societies created carefully structured and often elaborate Rite of Passage (ROPs) to provide the support, education and understanding every boy needs. These Rites of Passage also formalised and honoured the boys transition to manhood, giving him examples and direction around the behaviour and contribution that was now expected of him as a man.

Unfortunately in today’s society this support and understanding through the transition period has all but vanished, leaving boys confused and struggling to understand just where they fit within their family and social structure. This is why modern ROPs, like our Making of Men Camps, are needed in our modern, fast-paced society, and it’s why we consistently see amazing improvement in the lives of the boys and families that attend.

The Making of Men camps have been crafted from over 30 years of research and refinement by recognised world authority on adolescent development, and Rites of Passage Institute founder, Dr Arne Rubinstein. His camps, leadership trainings and seminars have been attended by over 150,000 people in more than 10 countries. Each camp is led by a team of Dr Arne’s highly experienced and trained facilitators, who have spent decades working with young men and their fathers to develop positive masculine/man/male behavior during these critical teenage years.

By bringing together this community of fathers, sons and male mentors, who support each other and grow together throughout the camp activities, challenges, sharing circles and Rites of Passage ceremonies, your son is able to observe many scenarios where positive male influencers are communicating and behaving in constructive ways. By witnessing, reflecting on, and then discussing his observations during the camp, your son will develop a healthy vision of male behaviour to strive towards as he grows into a young man himself.

Learn crucial life skills and values such as respect, gratitude, honesty and responsibility
Preventative approach providing a healthy vision of masculinity while your son is still young, instead of trying to fix ingrained, negative behaviour when he is an adult
Strengthen family relationships through better communication, understanding, and respect for one another
Our facilitators can relate to teenage boys ensuring maximum engagement and impact Improve self-confidence, leaderships skills, resilience and develop a healthy self-image
Reduce the likelihood of behavioural problems, mental illness, and addiction problems Learning through positive examples of healthy male behaviour from men other than their father or male mentor
Increase respect and gratitude for women Fathers and male mentors gain a clearer understanding their crucial role in their boys development

Improve leadership, communication and social skills
Increase consideration and consciousness of others, and the consequences of their actions
Teaches boys it is ok to show emotions and seek help when needed
Increased gratitude and willingness to help out around the house without complaint
Learn constructive ways to manage emotions such as anger, frustration, jealousy and disappointment
Boys spend 5-days in the bush, disconnected from technology and the outside world, enabling them to connect with nature and share deep bonding experiences with their father or male mentor
Provides boys with the time, space and guidance for self-reflection and developing a positive vision for the man they want to become
Improve behaviour at school, at home and within the community

The Making Of Men Camp Is A Life Changing Experience That Will Forever Improve Your Relationship And Connection With Your Son. This Evidence-based Program Will Help Your Teenage Son Transition From Boy Behaviour, Into A Respectful, Healthy, Considerate And Confident Young Man.

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