about Raising Boys
Thank you Ana Ruth for share this info:
Number One Rule: Diligence! You have to keep at it, daily…for all of their childhood, even in the teen years! Don’t give up!!!
Number Two Rule: Encourage, Encourage, Encourage! Surround yourself with people who will encourage you, and remember your son NEEDS your encouragement, even when he messes up.
Remember they are little men. Don’t allow behavior that you would not allow from a man with integrity, using the excuse boys will boys.
Submerge them with books and movies that exhibit manliness. Even if boys do not have strong male roll models in their lives they can be influenced by the characters in books and movies.
~Carefully choose books/movies that righteousness prevails, never call something that is bad, good. Books make a bigger impact than movies.
~Read books aloud as a family, this gives plenty of time for discussion and reinforcement!
Remind them they are protectors. When situations arise let your sons do the job of protecting, even if it is something small.
Let them kill the bugs and things like that. Find the simple situations and build from there.
Give them charge to be the protectors of anyone that is weaker than he is, especially girls, which includes his sisters! Remind him that only cowards are cruel to weaker people.
Remind him that Jesus (the strongest man ever) came to give his life for the weak.
Make sure the girls in your home treat him like a man. Discourage nagging and mothering, this frustrates boys greatly! Remind them to let their brother do the manly tasks when possible.
I would add to that to teach them to be gentlemen with ladies, starting with the ones in their own family.
And… sports, outdoorst activities, spend time with daddy learning to fix things.
And learning to be diligents with housework too.