Raising emotionally strong boys Tools your son can build on for life
Book - 2022
"How can you help raise your sons to handle difficult emotions and process complex ideas of masculinity? Drawing from 25 years of counseling, David Thomas explains what's behind the common struggles boys face, and explores how to foster emotional intelligence within your sons by teaching them healthy, constructive ways to express their emotions"--
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- Genres
- Self-help publications
- Published
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Minneapolis, Minnesota :
Bethany House Publishers, a division of Baker Publishing Group
[2022]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 189 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-189).
- ISBN
- 9780764239984
9780764240713
- Foreword
- 1. Traps and Tricks Getting emotionally stuck is common for boys. Learn what traps them and how to help them find new plays or "trick shots" to get unstuck.
- 2. Foundation and Definition Learning regulation skills and building emotional muscles is foundational work. Defining our role in this work as parents is equally important.
- 3. Backward and Forward Helping boys develop an interior life and strong psychological immune system is key. Learn how to help boys move out of the blame-to-shame swing and into healthy ownership.
- 4. Anxiety and Depression Understand the unique ways anxiety and depression present in boys and adolescent males. Learn practical skills to help boys navigate fear, sadness, and anger.
- 5. Moms and Dads Consider the unique roles each parent plays in a boy's growth and development. Identify the ingredients he needs unique to your gender.
- 6. Friends and Allies Develop a better understanding of what upside-down kingdom living looks like in a boy's life and friendships. Identify three different layers of relationships.
- 7. Models and Mentors Define wisdom and identify the voices that impact your life for good as a parent and those in the life of your son.
- 8. Upward and Outward Explore what upward and outward living means and how it contradicts the phrase "man up!" Practice exercises that create concrete upward and outward experiences for boys.
- 9. Habits and Practices Help boys build a framework for physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual health. Discover an easy blueprint for building habits and practices.
- Conclusion: Moving Forward
- Acknowledgments
- Notes