We Can Help Your Son Become Happier & More Resilient
Wilderness Adventure Camp
Young Men’s
Ultimate Weekend
YMUW has graduated thousands of young men - just like your son - who are now better prepared for the challenges of the Young adult world
Harston Angus Ranch in Sebastopol, CA
* YMUW is committed to supporting every young man. If funds are a barrier please contact us at info@ymuw.org. Scholarships and payment plans may be available.
We Can Help Your Son Become Happier & More Resilient
Wilderness Adventure Camp
Young Men’s
Ultimate Weekend
YMUW has graduated thousands of young men - just like your son - who are now better prepared for the challenges of the Young adult world
Friday - Sunday, JULY 16- 18, 2021
Friday - Sunday, AUG 20- 22, 2021
Harston Angus Ranch in Sebastopol, CA
* YMUW is committed to supporting every young man. If funds are a barrier please contact us at info@ymuw.org. Scholarships and payment plans may be available.
“My teen son was verbally aggressive, giving me the finger and thinking he did not have to do anything he didn’t want to. This behavior has largely disappeared, being replaced with cooperation and increasing personal responsibility. He has become open and caring.”
Alla Wood
“My son, Erik, is now 21 and proudly serving in the USAF - a confident, articulate, young man. Our whole family benefited from Erik's experience. I recommend YMUW to any young man who is entering manhood with uncertainty, apathy and fear about his future. The YMUW can help him determine his own compass for an Ultimate life!”
Susan Small
“My teen son was verbally aggressive, giving me the finger and thinking he did not have to do anything he didn’t want to. This behavior has largely disappeared, being replaced with cooperation and increasing personal responsibility. He has become open and caring.”
Alla Wood
“My son, Erik, is now 21 and proudly serving in the USAF - a confident, articulate, young man. Our whole family benefited from Erik's experience. I recommend YMUW to any young man who is entering manhood with uncertainty, apathy and fear about his future. The YMUW can help him determine his own compass for an Ultimate life!”
Susan Small
What Happens at The Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend?
Since 2000, the Bay Area non-profit, Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend, has helped thousands of our young men - just like your son - successfully launch into young adulthood. With the unwavering support of hundreds of devoted volunteers, YMUW has helped young men of all social, economic, academic and athletic backgrounds become more responsible for their own well-being.
By combining fun, recreational activities with training that builds confidence, accountability and resiliency, the YMUW wilderness adventure camp helps your son learn how to accept life on its terms while also passionately pursuing his own life’s ambitions.
Using physical, mental, and emotional challenges, the YMUW is designed to stimulate all of the parts of the brain that adolescent young men must develop. The YMUW agenda provides experiential learning so that young men can increase their ability to solve problems, work cooperatively with others, calm their minds quickly and make thoughtful decisions - all while having fun.
Because our sons spend too much time in the constant participation and instant gratification that their digital devices provide, their natural biological urge to move into the adult world is being stunted. Away from these distractions, the YMUW gives young men, ages 13 - 20, opportunities to connect with their healthy masculine wisdom and then channel their energy while engaging in these activities:
- Making hip hop beats
- Conquering an obstacle course
- Playing sports
-
Participating in a sweat lodge
-
Learning martial arts & yoga
-
Developing leadership skills
- Working cooperatively in teams
- Managing stress & anxiety
- Releasing anger safely
-
Overcoming fears
-
Building emotional intelligence
- Having lots of fun
What Happens at
The Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend?
Since 2000, the Bay Area non-profit, Young Men’s Ultimate Weekend, has helped thousands of our young men - just like your son - successfully launch into young adulthood. With the unwavering support of hundreds of devoted volunteers, YMUW has helped young men of all social, economic, academic and athletic backgrounds become more responsible for their own well-being.
By combining fun, recreational activities with training that builds confidence, accountability and resiliency, the YMUW wilderness adventure camp helps your son learn how to accept life on its terms while also passionately pursuing his own life’s ambitions.
Using physical, mental, and emotional challenges, the YMUW is designed to stimulate all of the parts of the brain that adolescent young men must develop. The YMUW agenda provides experiential learning so that young men can increase their ability to solve problems, work cooperatively with others, calm their minds quickly and make thoughtful decisions - all while having fun.
Because our sons spend too much time in the constant participation and instant gratification that their digital devices provide, their natural biological urge to move into the adult world is being stunted. Away from these distractions, the YMUW gives young men, ages 13 - 20, opportunities to connect with their healthy masculine wisdom and then channel their energy while engaging in these activities:
- Making hip hop beats
- Conquering an obstacle course
- Playing sports
-
Participating in a sweat lodge
-
Learning martial arts
-
Practicing yoga
- Working cooperatively in teams
- Managing stress
- Releasing anxiety
-
Overcoming fears
-
Building emotional intelligence
- Having lots of fun
Graduate
Graduate
Volunteer
“Everything I do revolves around the values gained from the YMUW. Today, my life is about what I can do for others. I have helped produce six Weekends and mentor young men daily."
Nick B.– YMUW Graduate
“I have learned what it means to be a balanced young man who contributes to society and how to keep learning to expand my world. Thank you YMUW and the men that give their time to it!”
Ryan A. – YMUW Graduate
Graduate
Graduate
Volunteer
“Everything I do revolves around the values gained from the YMUW. Today, my life is about what I can do for others. I have helped produce six Weekends and mentor young men daily."
Nick B.– YMUW Graduate
“I have learned what it means to be a balanced young man who contributes to society and how to keep learning to expand my world. Thank you YMUW and the men that give their time to it!”
Ryan A. – YMUW Graduate
It Takes a Village to Raise Your Son
The YMUW is an experiential personal growth retreat that provides your son with a village of trained mentors who are in touch with their biological obligation to continue the tradition of teaching young men their primary purposes:
- To build self-respect by being true to themselves (authenticity)
- To share their physical and mental talents with their family (reciprocity)
- To keep themselves and their community safe and productive (responsibility)
Our ratio of approximately one mentor to one young man, exceeds the guidelines put forth by the California Mentoring Foundation.
In one transformational, “rite of passage” weekend, our mentors provide a safe setting for your son to reduce his anxiety about adulthood, develop leadership skills, practice cooperating with others, become more resilient and have outrageous fun.
It Takes a Village
to Raise Your Son
The YMUW is an experiential personal growth retreat that provides your son with a village of trained mentors who are in touch with their biological obligation to continue the tradition of teaching young men their primary purposes:
- To build self-respect by being true to themselves (authenticity)
- To share their physical and mental talents with their family (reciprocity)
- To keep themselves and their community safe and productive (responsibility)
Our ratio of approximately one mentor to one young man, exceeds the guidelines put forth by the California Mentoring Foundation.
In one transformational, “rite of passage” weekend, our mentors provide a safe setting for your son to reduce his anxiety about adulthood, develop leadership skills, practice cooperating with others, become more resilient and have outrageous fun.
Mother
Graduate
Volunteer
“My son did the Weekend when he was 16 and it changed his life. He now has and honors a family of his own.”
Lori Murray
Mostly what I sensed was a lightness of heart, as though a weight had been lifted from him.
I wanted to say thank you. There is a great need for your work and effort.”
Suzanne Patrikus
“My son attending this Weekend was the best decision I have ever made AND stood by! It is absolutely amazing what the YMUW does in two nights to change the lives of these young men.”
Joyce Wong Calvi
“We should be investing in male rites of passage like this one to grow healthy young men. Mark Schillinger and his team are doing great work…in the Bay Area.
Everado Pedraza
Mother
Graduate
Volunteer
“My son did the Weekend when he was 16 and it changed his life. He now has and honors a family of his own.”
Lori Murray
Mostly what I sensed was a lightness of heart, as though a weight had been lifted from him.
I wanted to say thank you. There is a great need for your work and effort.”
Suzanne Patrikus
My son attending this Weekend was the best decision I have ever made AND stood by! It is absolutely amazing what the YMUW does in two nights to change the lives of these young men.”
Joyce Wong Calvi
“We should be investing in male rites of passage like this one to grow healthy young men. Mark Schillinger and his team are doing great work…in the Bay Area.
Everado Pedraza
Learn How to Motivate Your Son More Effectively
While your son is attending the YMUW, we highly recommend parents attend our companion Parenting Workshop. There are two options to attend; we have a virtual live eight- week online series or an in person Parenting Workshop happening at a hotel nearby at same time your son is or attending the YMUW. This “boot camp” style event is called, "Raising Your Son to Be Happy, Responsible & Resilient - Without Nagging, Yelling, or Punishing".
The workshop is taught by Dr. Mark Schillinger, YMUW Founder. When you learn the same technology that our mentors use with your son, you'll be able to skillfully use your authority and influence in a way that will motivate your son to become more cooperative inside of your home, more responsible outside of your home, more confident of himself and more relaxed with the world.
How the Parent Workshop Will Help You
When you attend our companion parent workshop, either while your son is at the YMUW on virtually, your entire family will enjoy more caring and cooperative relationships. This is because you’ll know how to motivate your son in a “biological” - not psychological - language that guides him to do the right things.
Our method of parenting teens uses the practical ancestral wisdom from small tribes and combines it with the best insight from the sciences of positive discipline, stress management, adolescent brain development, personal growth and parent-child bonding.
YMUW highly recommends this workshop for all parents whose sons are attending the Ultimate Weekend. However, it is not mandatory.
Learn How to Motivate Your Son More Effectively
While your son is attending the YMUW, we highly recommend parents attend our companion Parenting Workshop. There are two options to attend; we have a virtual live eight- week online series or an in person Parenting Workshop happening at a hotel nearby at same time your son is or attending the YMUW. This “boot camp” style event is called, "Raising Your Son to Be Happy, Responsible & Resilient - Without Nagging, Yelling, or Punishing".
The workshop is taught by Dr. Mark Schillinger, YMUW Founder. When you learn the same technology that our mentors use with your son, you'll be able to skillfully use your authority and influence in a way that will motivate your son to become more cooperative inside of your home, more responsible outside of your home, more confident of himself and more relaxed with the world.
How the Parent Workshop Will Help You
When you attend our companion parent workshop, either while your son is at the YMUW on virtually, your entire family will enjoy more caring and cooperative relationships. This is because you’ll know how to motivate your son in a “biological” - not psychological - language that guides him to do the right things.
Our method of parenting teens uses the practical ancestral wisdom from small tribes and combines it with the best insight from the sciences of positive discipline, stress management, adolescent brain development, personal growth and parent-child bonding.
YMUW highly recommends this workshop for all parents whose sons are attending the Ultimate Weekend. However, it is not mandatory.
Dr. Mark Schillinger, D.C., is both the Executive Director of the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend, Inc (YMUW), and the sole owner of Challenging Teenage Sons, Inc (CTS). This notice is in compliance with California Non-profit Law (section 5000) and the California Business and Professions Code (Sections 5230 through 5239, and Section 10133) and applies to any activities coordinated between YMUW and CTS.
Dr. Mark Schillinger, D.C., is both the Executive Director of the Young Men's Ultimate Weekend, Inc (YMUW), and the sole owner of Challenging Teenage Sons, Inc (CTS). This notice is in compliance with California Non-profit Law (section 5000) and the California Business and Professions Code (Sections 5230 through 5239, and Section 10133) and applies to any activities coordinated between YMUW and CTS.
