Great book for parents of boys!

I am so excited to share a book with my readers today.  If you are a parent of a young boy, I highly recommend this book to you.  It is called Six Ways to Keep the "Good" in Your Boy  by Dannah Gresh.  She has written other books, including Six Ways to Keep the "Little" in Your Girl.  Visit her website here.

From the publisher:  When bestselling author Dannah Gresh was body-slammed by her 12-year-old son, she was hit with reality: raising a boy is a whole new ballgame!

A boy's relationship with his mom during the formative age between 8 and 12 is vital to his future well-being. So how can moms teach sons to be honest, confident, and respectful when the world and situations encourage them to make bad decisions and grow up too fast?

Dannah's practical experience and research, along with advice from her husband, Bob Gresh, provide a mom with six proactive ways to help her son:

• honor his body in a healthy way
• get outside to play unplugged
• live out his faith

My thoughts: 
This is a book that parents need to read as their sons are moving from little boy to teenager.  It was very insightful and eye-opening to me as a Mom of a 7 year old boy. It showed me things I can do to help my son as he grows. 

Part one of the book is "Becoming a Connecting Mom."  It includes The Connection IQ Quiz to see how well you are currently doing at connecting with your son.  Part two of the book is the six ways to keep the "good" in your boy. 

I think the message of this book is one that Mom's need to read.  Society is telling our boys one message about how to live and how to be a man.  Does that message match up at all with what we want our boys to grow up to become?   We need to educate ourselves as Mom's and make sure we are ready to help our sons navigate through the challenges of the teen years. 

Before each chapter she includes a quote from a Mom related to the chapter's subject material.  These were helpful to me to read the thoughts, struggles, and ideas of other Mom's of boys.  I like the extra relevant resources (like websites or other books) included in the margins of the pages to provide further help. 

I hope you will read this book for yourself and share it with others.  I really cannot say how wonderful and helpful this book has been for me. 

Thank you to Christianne with Harvest House Publishers for sending me a copy of this book for my honest review.

Have a day of blessings!