Raising Boys by Design

 

Raising Boys Design Book Cover

Raising Boys Design Book Cover

Raising Boys by Design: What the Bible and Brain Science Reveal About What Your Son Needs to Thrive by Gregory L Jantz , PhD and Michael Gurian is a book which combines faith with bring up of boys.

The book is divided into two sections

–  What a boy learns from his parents

– How to build character and self discipline in your son.

What he learns from his mom and dad are different as both of them are wired to focus on different emotions and needs in life.

Moms are seen as the more cautious persons while the dads are risk takers and are more detached in their parenting.

There are many things which boys have to be taught. Among them are the following.

1) New skills

2) Learning how to meet challenges with enterprising energy and acumen

3) self motivation and self-direction in the pursuit of invention and innovation

4) how to follow leaders and become a leader

5) understand what his talent set is and how to optimize it.

Parents and mentors make a huge impact in a boy’s development and we need all the help that we can to turn them into HEROES.

 

My thoughts

Having two boys I was really interested to learn how to  biblical teachings can be incorporated in the raising of boys. I have always seen the bible as a separate entity to a parenting guide and it’s interesting to know that there are relevant life lessons that are explained in that book.

I wanted to know how to develop their potentials to the fullest and this book certainly didn’t fall short of my expectations. The authors gave a clear explanation how as parents (especially fathers) are able to help guide their sons through the different stages of their childhood.

It is important that parents take an active role in their son’s education  and guide them to become HEROIC men.

 

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Writer’s Workshop: The kids learnt these

My 3 kids

My 3 kids

This week has been quite a learning week for the kids. The start of October marks the countdown to the end of terms and the dreaded year end examinations.This month will be a rather stressful month for the boys as they have to revise all that has been taught since the start of the year.

Even though revision mode is on let me share with you what the kids have learned this week.

Monkey boy frying chicken

Monkey boy frying chicken

Monkey boy has learned to cook a few new dishes. Besides knowing how to fry egg with ham he now knows how to cook breaded chicken and operate the Air Fryer too.  Now he can heat up frozen chips for his afternoon snack and cook his own 3 course dinner- Rice, Vegetables and Chicken.Next up will be teaching him how to make soups.

Monkey boy

Doggie boy

Doggie boy has learned to operate the oven and  cook baked potatoes for himself.  He has also learned how to operate the air fryer and wash the dishes properly after meals. Cracking an egg and beating it is a lot of fun. However frying it can be quite daunting for him and he has yet to step up to this task.

Tiger girl making breakfast

Tiger girl making breakfast

Tiger girl learned how to use the butter knife properly. She can now spread the jam over the whole piece of toast without having it been spread all over the plate and the table. She is also able to use the knife to cut if needed. Next up will be training her how to use the chopstick properly.

What have your kids been learning to do?

 

 

 

 

 

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