Six Ways to Keep the "Good" in Your Boy: Guiding Your Son from His Tweens to His Teens

This helpful resource equips you to instill integrity and honor in your son. Help him navigate the challenging tween years and beyond as you put him on the path to becoming a healthy and responsible adult.

With some intentional parenting, your son can avoid the many pitfalls that prevent boys from growing into good men. Bob and Dannah Gresh share six proactive ways you can make a lasting impact in your son's life.

Get Him Outside to Play
Encourage activities that spark his imagination and creativity and fulfill his God-given need for adventure.

Give Him a Book So He Can Discover a Real "Call of Duty"
Help him use his free time wisely and develop good discernment about what he reads, plays, and watches.

Host Wing Nights and Fantasy Football Parties
Let his dad be dad by giving him the freedom he needs to train and discipline his son well.

Celebrate His Entrance into Manhood
Prepare your son for changes to his body, his mood, and his attitude about the opposite sex.

Unplug Him from a Plugged-In World
Educate him early and often on the dangers of sexual sin and show him how to monitor his own media consumption.

Let Him Open the Car Door for You
Teach him how to be a gentleman and how to treat girls and women with kindness and respect.

Good boys can grow up to be great men with a little guidance and a lot of prayer.

ISBN-13: 9780736981972

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Harvest House Publishers

Publication Date: 07-05-2022

Pages: 224

Product Dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

Dannah Gresh is an author, a speaker, and the creator of the True Girl live events. She has sold over 1.5 million books, including Six Ways to Keep the “Little” in Your Girl, A Girl's Guide to Understanding Best Friends and Mean Girls, 8 Great Dates for Moms and Daughters, the bestselling And the Bride Wore White, and Lies Girls Believe. She and her husband live in Pennsylvania on a hobby farm. www.dannahgresh.com. Bob Gresh is the founder of Born to Be Brave and the cofounder of True Girl, which provide resources and live events for tweens and their parents in up to 100 cities every year. He is also the founder of Grace Prep High School and the author of Who Moved the Goalpost? Seven Secrets to Sexual Integrity. Bob lives in State College, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Dannah.

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“With two young sons of our own, Jean and I can certainly attest to the challenges raising boys can bring! Dannah and Bob offer parents a fascinating look into the development of tween and teen boys, as well as a wealth of practical, hands-on musts for successfully connecting with them. Learn the ‘how-to’s’ for building and strengthening parent/son relationships and guiding young men toward a purposeful, God-honoring adulthood.”
—Jim Daly, president, Focus on the Family

“Every mom wants her little boy to grow to be a caring and courageous man. The truth is, she can either be his ally on that journey to manhood, or she can hinder his progress. Thankfully, Dannah Gresh has sound, practical wisdom for moms who want their sons to be the men God made them to be.”
—Bob Lepine, co-host of FamilyLife Today

“Almost every single day I ask the Lord to make me a better mom to my four children. Books like this one feel like an answer to prayer. Dannah Gresh has done a fabulous job addressing many of the issues that concern our boys. I highly recommend her insights, biblical instruction, and practical mom application. These pages are marching orders! It’s time to fight for the good in our boys!”
—Angela Thomas, bestselling author and speaker

“Boy oh boy! Bob and Dannah Gresh have written a great book for parents of sons. I know. I have three of my own. And I wish I would have had a resource like this when they were young. Six Ways to Keep the ‘Good’ in YourBoy provides valuable information and points out positive ways to channel all that testosterone-induced male energy. If you have a boy, this is a book you must read!”
—Mary A. Kassian, author, Girls Gone Wise

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Table of Contents

Foreword 9

Introducing the Six Ways 11

Part 1 Becoming a Connecting Mom

Chapter 1 Is There a Mouse in That Cookie Box? 21

Chapter 2 A Mom's Greatest Fears 31

Chapter 3 Becoming a Connecting Mom 43

Chapter 4 Why Connecting Matters 53

Chapter 5 How Connecting Forms Values 61

Chapter 6 Warning: Male Brain on Testosterone Straight Ahead 67

Part 2 Six Ways to Keep the "Good" in Your Boy

Chapter 7 Way #1: Get Him Outside to Play 79

Chapter 8 Way #2: Give Him a Book So He Can Discover a Real "Call of Duty" 95

Chapter 9 Way #3: Host Wing Nites and Fantasy Football Parties 113

Chapter 10 Way #4: Celebrate His Entrance into Manhood 133

Chapter 11 Way #5: Unplug Him from a Plugged-In World 151

Chapter 12 Way #6: Let Him Open the Car Door for You 167

Conclusion: Fast-Forward Ten Years 185

Bonus Section: Seeing the Gift of ADD and ADHD 193

Notes 199

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