Mothers and Sons
If you have a difficult little boy, take courage—history is full of great men who began as challenging sons!
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If you have a difficult little boy, take courage—history is full of great men who began as challenging sons!
On today’s classic edition of Family Talk, Dr. James Dobson concludes his insightful discussion from his “Bringing Up Boys” teaching series.
Proverbs 23:24 says, “The father of a righteous child has great joy; a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him.”
Raising boys can be noisy, unpredictable, and sometimes overwhelming—but beneath all that energy is a heart that longs for connection. Drawing from Dr. James Dobson’s Bringing Up Boys, discover simple ways to strengthen your relationship with your son and create moments that will stay with him for years to come.
For parents, the greatest challenge may just be keeping their boys alive through childhood and adolescence!
Our focus has been on the ways boys differ from their sisters and the particular needs that are associated with masculinity. We have also considered the burgeoning crisis that confronts our boys in to
Someone has said, “If you connect a boy to the right man, he seldom goes wrong.” I fully believe that to be true. The full force of my own father’s contribution hit me years ago when he lay in the hospital after a heart attack. As I stood by his bedside, I thought back to the happiest moments of my childhood.
Your son was created to lead with integrity, to love a wife sacrificially (if marriage is God’s plan for him), to labor with diligence, and to walk with the Lord humbly and faithfully. When you focus on preparing him for that calling, you’re not pushing him too hard. You’re training him for the life God designed for him.
Our culture is at war with godly men. This makes the task of raising boys to be caring and respectful very difficult. Brenen and Morgan Beeler share four more tips on how parents can turn the tide on male-bashing and bring their sons up to fear God and love others.
Raising boys to become godly men is both a challenging and rewarding task. Brenen and Morgan Beeler share four practical strategies parents can use to cultivate biblically grounded masculinity in their sons.



