Huffington Post Parents - It Takes a Village

How many people help you raise your kids?

I need dozens. Maybe hundreds. When other people get involved in my kids' lives, I learn things I didn't even know I needed to know about these children of mine. Huffington Post asked me to write about who and what shapes my children. So I talked about them.

Teachers

Friends

My kids' friends

Neighbors

Strangers...

Come on over and read the

12 reasons I need a whole village to raise these boys to be good men.

And some of the surprising things I've learned.