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andiemags53's review against another edition
5.0
So helpful! Made me feel like I am on the right track with raising my boys.
spitzig's review against another edition
I started reading this book because I have a one year old son. I'm fine if he plays with dolls, and other "girl" things. But, I'm not a very physical person. I enjoy hiking and I exercise for health reasons. I don't enjoy sports, and have always considered sports to be useful for social reasons. I got this book to learn about sports with kids and other "boy" things.
I stopped reading it when she mentioned that sex outside of marriage is improper. I didn't want to read a conservative lecture. It's not my kind of book, so I didn't rate it.
I stopped reading it when she mentioned that sex outside of marriage is improper. I didn't want to read a conservative lecture. It's not my kind of book, so I didn't rate it.
michellehenriereads's review against another edition
5.0
This book has given me great insight into my sons, when to panic and when to shrug.
Meeker ends the book with a chapter listing ten tips.
1) Know that you change his world
2) Raise him from the inside out (worry about his inner life and the outer life will follow)
3) Help his masculinity to explode
4) Help him find purpose and ...
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Meeker ends the book with a chapter listing ten tips.
1) Know that you change his world
2) Raise him from the inside out (worry about his inner life and the outer life will follow)
3) Help his masculinity to explode
4) Help him find purpose and ...
To read my full review go to http://talesuntangled.wordpress.com
felipaodeanda's review against another edition
5.0
Cuando se trata de la educación de los hijos, nunca será suficiente el leer títulos excelentes como estos. Este libro da super buenos tips sobre la educación de los hijos varones y como tratar con ellos, derribando el mito de la terrible adolescencia en el camino. El mejor consejo que da (sin ser spoiler) es que, mientras más tiempo pasemos con ellos, tendremos hijos más estables y felices, encaminados a ser personas de bien. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.
clc1215's review against another edition
5.0
Personally, anyone that has a son, I will recommend this book to them. Finishing this just before father's day really opened my eyes to all the lessons it talks about that both my father and mother did without me realizing it until reading them in this book. I think that if every parent would read this when they know they are having a son, they will feel somewhat prepared to engage in the endeavor that is raising a son.
gladdenangie's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved Meg Meeker's "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters". Since I also have two sons, I was happy to read her new book "Boys Should Be Boys". Note that her first book had 10 secrets every father should know. This book has 7 secrets to raising healthy sons. I guess boys are simpler creatures! Meeker's book is a call to fight the good fight, to continually recommit to saving our boys from a culture that would corrupt or nullify them and sweep them away. In the process, we cannot help but change that culture into one that would bring out the best in boys, and in girls, and in us, as well.
Meeker ends the book with a chapter listing ten tips.
1) Know that you change his world
2) Raise him from the inside out (worry about his inner life and the outer life will follow)
3) Help his masculinity to explode
4) Help him find purpose and passion (other than being a video game master)
5) Teach him to serve (this is where Church can come in handy)
6) Insist on self-respect
7) Persevere
8) Be his hero
9) Watch, then watch again (pay close attention to what is going on in his life)
10) Give him the best of yourself (not just the leftovers)
Meeker ends the book with a chapter listing ten tips.
1) Know that you change his world
2) Raise him from the inside out (worry about his inner life and the outer life will follow)
3) Help his masculinity to explode
4) Help him find purpose and passion (other than being a video game master)
5) Teach him to serve (this is where Church can come in handy)
6) Insist on self-respect
7) Persevere
8) Be his hero
9) Watch, then watch again (pay close attention to what is going on in his life)
10) Give him the best of yourself (not just the leftovers)
angiegladden's review against another edition
5.0
I really loved Meg Meeker's "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters". Since I also have two sons, I was happy to read her new book "Boys Should Be Boys". Note that her first book had 10 secrets every father should know. This book has 7 secrets to raising healthy sons. I guess boys are simpler creatures! Meeker's book is a call to fight the good fight, to continually recommit to saving our boys from a culture that would corrupt or nullify them and sweep them away. In the process, we cannot help but change that culture into one that would bring out the best in boys, and in girls, and in us, as well.
Meeker ends the book with a chapter listing ten tips.
1) Know that you change his world
2) Raise him from the inside out (worry about his inner life and the outer life will follow)
3) Help his masculinity to explode
4) Help him find purpose and passion (other than being a video game master)
5) Teach him to serve (this is where Church can come in handy)
6) Insist on self-respect
7) Persevere
8) Be his hero
9) Watch, then watch again (pay close attention to what is going on in his life)
10) Give him the best of yourself (not just the leftovers)
Meeker ends the book with a chapter listing ten tips.
1) Know that you change his world
2) Raise him from the inside out (worry about his inner life and the outer life will follow)
3) Help his masculinity to explode
4) Help him find purpose and passion (other than being a video game master)
5) Teach him to serve (this is where Church can come in handy)
6) Insist on self-respect
7) Persevere
8) Be his hero
9) Watch, then watch again (pay close attention to what is going on in his life)
10) Give him the best of yourself (not just the leftovers)
indymatt's review against another edition
4.0
Liked it overall.
Felt in some sections the author could have done a better job of structuring or summarizing lots of details to make content more comprehensible. Instead had a feeling often I would lose track of context ( section 4 sub list point 3 reason 2 ...).
So, I'll probably skim it again to let some details sink in. Overall recommended though.
Felt in some sections the author could have done a better job of structuring or summarizing lots of details to make content more comprehensible. Instead had a feeling often I would lose track of context ( section 4 sub list point 3 reason 2 ...).
So, I'll probably skim it again to let some details sink in. Overall recommended though.
vladco's review against another edition
1.0
This book has aged poorly. According to the author, MySpace is the hot social network, text messaging shortcuts (“idk” for example) are not English and to be forbidden in the house, video games lead to premarital sex and drug abuse, girls are temptresses that entrap boys with offers of “sexual fun,” or else are helpless and in need of masculine protection, and God is the solution for everything a boy needs.