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The First-Time Mom's Guide to Raising Boys: Practical Advice for Your Son's Formative Years
Raise a kind and confident son with this advice for parenting boys ages 8 to 12
Parenting a young boy can feel like total chaos, especially if he's your first. His mind and body are changing, and so is his relationship with you. How do you handle puberty? His schoolwork? Health and hygiene? Don't worry, The First-Time Mom's Guide to Raising Boys will walk you through all of it with clear and proven advice from a mom of four (yes, four!) boys.
Learn how to be a supportive resource and a role model for your son, and how to talk to him about the challenges he'll face. Find strategies for everything from teaching social responsibility to helping him build self-esteem and integrity.
This is your complete resource for raising
Connect with your son and set him up for a happier adulthood with this ultimate guide to raising boys.
Parenting a young boy can feel like total chaos, especially if he's your first. His mind and body are changing, and so is his relationship with you. How do you handle puberty? His schoolwork? Health and hygiene? Don't worry, The First-Time Mom's Guide to Raising Boys will walk you through all of it with clear and proven advice from a mom of four (yes, four!) boys.
Learn how to be a supportive resource and a role model for your son, and how to talk to him about the challenges he'll face. Find strategies for everything from teaching social responsibility to helping him build self-esteem and integrity.
This is your complete resource for raising
Connect with your son and set him up for a happier adulthood with this ultimate guide to raising boys.
- GenresParenting
184 pages, Paperback
Published July 6, 2021
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July 2, 2021
*A free copy of the book was provided to me*
While I'm not a mom, I am the father of three boys and so much of the great advice contained in the book is universal. This is meant to be a quick-read with digestible, actionable tips parents can take immediately. I also like the reflections at the end of chapters with helpful questions that make it easier to start quality conversations with boys. As a parent to a 13-year-old who is currently going through all the things, this is what I needed right now. Especially like the focus on consent, sexuality, porn use, etc. Those are tough topics but necessary ones and we can't afford to shy away from them.
Overall I'd highly recommend to all parents of boys!
While I'm not a mom, I am the father of three boys and so much of the great advice contained in the book is universal. This is meant to be a quick-read with digestible, actionable tips parents can take immediately. I also like the reflections at the end of chapters with helpful questions that make it easier to start quality conversations with boys. As a parent to a 13-year-old who is currently going through all the things, this is what I needed right now. Especially like the focus on consent, sexuality, porn use, etc. Those are tough topics but necessary ones and we can't afford to shy away from them.
Overall I'd highly recommend to all parents of boys!
July 20, 2021
A well-written, positive, practical, insightful book for anyone with boys in their life. Nothing is shied away from in terms of real topics and relatable examples; offered with a sense of humor and humility, resources for areas of additional interest, support; from an author mom who's exceptionally qualified to write this. Great job!
April 15, 2024
I really appreciated this book because it reinforced that I am already doing a lot of things right with my son, while giving me a preview of the territory we are about to enter into. The advice is practical and feels possible to implement. I’ll be keeping a copy by my bed to reference when these situations inevitably arise.
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