[amazon_image id=”1414304501″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Bringing Up Boys[/amazon_image]

This is an outstanding book.  If you have a son (or more than one) get this book right away.

Review

I wish I could copy this book and put it up here on my blog so that everyone with a son could read it.

I was pretty shocked about some of the things discussed in this book and it really gave me a lot to think about. Some things down right scared me!

In the very beginning, he mentions that boys are harder to raise.  This threw me for a loop because I always thought that girls were harder.  So I talked to a mom at Mom’s Day Out who has sons and daughters (and they are older than my kids).  She said that as little kids, yes, boys are much more difficult.  However, she has just gotten to the teenage stage with her oldest and says that the teenage years with girls are much harder.

I cannot wait to get his book Bringing Up Girls and reading that!  🙂  (This book won him an award)

Thought Provoking

This book gave me a new perspective to think about.

He talked about how the feminine movement has changed our culture and what this is doing to our boys.

His perspective on homosexuality, why it’s increasing, and what this is doing to our boys was very thought provoking.

I look at the world a little differently now that I’ve read this book.

Quotes

(I wish I could quote the entire book)

50: (Kathleen Parker on raising healthy boys) ” Reduce boys’ exposure to violence, be there when they return from school, help them with homework, ask them about their day, let them cry if need be, support them when they’re down, help them to see options, teach them to handle guns safely if you have them, reward good behavior, provide meaningful consequences for unacceptable behavior, make reasonable demands, express moral expectations, talk to their teachers, and hug those boys every chance you get.”

55: Boys are in trouble today primarily because their parents, and especially their dads, are distracted, over worked, harassed, exhausted, disinterested, chemically dependent, divorced, or simply unable to cope.

(Josh McDowell) “Rules without relationship lead to rebellion.” 217

252: Children get their values and beliefs from what they see modeled at home.

265: The tendency is to retain control in order to keep your kids from making mistakes.  However, teenagers and young adults are more likely to make the proper choices when they aren’t forced to rebel in order to escape.  The simple truth is that love demands freedom.

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