Raising Sons and Loving It!

Helping Your Boys Become Godly Men

Gary Oliver, Carrie Oliver

• Publisher: Zondervan
• eBook ISBN:
  9780310863687
• Year: 2011

In these days of daunting headlines, here's some really good news: Your son was God's idea, and you can help him weather the often rocky transition from boyhood to a manhood shaped by God's character and purposes. Drawing from their extensive clinical and personal experience, Gary and Carrie Oliver show you - How boys really are different from girls - Five keys to raising "emotionally intelligent" sons - What your boys need from your marriage -- and from you - How to help your sons cultivate a heart for God - How to cultivate your sons' ability to deal with failure, loss, and grief . . . And much more.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION: THE MASCULINE CRISIS
• Chapter One: THE UNIQUE CHALLENGE OF RAISING BOYS
• Chapter Two: WHY BOYS ACT THE WAY THEY DO
• Chapter Three: ARE BOYS REALLY THAT DIFFERENT?
• Chapter Four: MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE: BALANCING MIND, WILL, AND EMOTIONS
• Chapter Five: CULTIVATING THE EMOTIONS OF YOUR SON
• Chapter Six: WHAT TYPE OF SON DO YOU HAVE?
• Chapter Seven: ANGER: UNDERSTANDING THE FUNDAMENTAL MALE EMOTION
• Chapter Eight: HELPING YOUR SON CULTIVATE HEALTHY ANGER
• Chapter Nine: RESPONDING TO THE EMOTIONS YOUR SON EVOKES FROM YOU
• Chapter Ten: WHAT BOYS NEED FROM THEIR DAD
• Chapter Eleven: WHAT BOYS NEED FROM THEIR MOM
• Chapter Twelve: WHAT BOYS NEED FROM YOUR MARRIAGE
• Chapter Thirteen: HELPING YOUR SON CULTIVATE A HEART FOR GOD: DISCIPLESHIP AND PARENTING
• Chapter Fourteen: HELPING YOUR SON MOVE FROM ADOLESCENCE TO ADULTHOOD: EARLY ADOLESCENCE (AGES 13–15)
• Chapter Fifteen: HELPING YOUR SON MOVE FROM ADOLESCENCE TO ADULTHOOD: LATE ADOLESCENCE (AGES 16–19)
• CONCLUSION: CARING IS NOT ENOUGH
• RECOMMENDED READING
• NOTES
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• Copyright
• About the Publisher
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