Where do fathers go to learn about raising sons?

I have met and interviewed many fathers of sons, and many of them admit their desire to be more prepared for such an important job. What's interesting though, is that no one can tell a father how to be a better father to his son.

It came to me that a father needs to decide for himself what to do and what to NOT do. Then he needs to stay the course and manifest his ideas into a real experience for his son. So, how do we help fathers do this? I have wrestled with this for a few years and still struggle to reconcile both sides of the aisle. On one side we have the infusion of new ideas that come from outside sources like books, other fathers, God, the Bible, supposed experts, and our own fathers. On the other side of the aisle we have a father's independent reasoning, his caring, his compiled knowledge, and his judgment of right and wrong.

The idea, as I see it, is not to push the ideas from their side toward the father's side, but to instead encourage the father to venture across the aisle, hunt around, find something of value and take it back to his side of the aisle. Then, not just having it on their side of the aisle being enough (as it will lose its excitement and fade in its useful appearance), we must empower the father to incorporate the idea into his plan (maybe encouraging the development of a plan, too) and form a pattern of use that serves his quest and his son's development.

If fathers can realize the power of their love, and find new ways they want to practice so their sons can become better men, then they may feel more capable and successful about raising their sons into manhood. Wouldn't that be a good thing?