Flight Plan: your mission to become a man

Lee Burns & Braxton Brady
PDS Publishing (2010)
ISBN 9780615380612
Reviewed by William Phenn for Reader Views (4/11)

This well-written book is for both the young man growing up and the father of that young man. Comparing the coming-of-age of a young man, to that of an aircraft flight plan, the authors make it an interesting and thought-provoking read. Right in the beginning, they disclosed the purpose of the book. Telling the reader what his mission will be in life with such things as adolescence, how to handle problems, emotions, relationships, relating to people and many more.

The next chapter deals mainly with the myths of manhood. Such myths as men don’t show emotion, men should pursue only cool hobbies and there is no difference between boys and girls and certain things you have to do to become a man. The authors mention virtues and give seven examples of what they should be. Friendships are explained as being of four kinds, “Not your friends, Acquaintances, Wannabe Friends and True Friends” - these four definitions are followed by Bible teachings to help explain it.

There are chapters dealing with peer pressure, drugs and drinking, relationships, puberty, and the dangers of pornography. With statistics to back up their findings, the authors make a clear statement about violence in children’s programming and the dangers of TV.
In chapter 10, they give the reader ten rules to live by, and again, add in a religious notation. They include ideas on how to earn trust from parents, how to show respect to parents, and how to be a great, big brother. The conclusion of the book comes with three challenges that encompass all that the reader learned in the previous chapters and is heavily laden with religious comparisons.

I enjoyed “Flight Plan: your mission to become a man” and I recommend it to all young men and their fathers to read and learn from. The authors did a nice job with comparing it to aircraft and flying and for that reason and much more, it earned a strong A. I am a Christian too but in my opinion, there was a bit too much religious notation in the book to make it appeal to all young men.

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