Raising Godly Boys Minute

Does your son know what it means to respect women?

He certainly isn’t going to learn this by watching society. Best-selling author and father Dave Willis says parents must be intentional about teaching their sons to view the opposite sex in a healthy way.

First, Willis says to have clear conversations. Discuss what behavior is and isn’t OK. Point out that, while Jesus was on earth, he treated women with utmost kindness and honor. Secondly, model respect.  If you’re a single mom, seek out a male mentor for your son who you know treats women kindly.

And finally, encourage expressions of healthy masculinity. Help your son find a community of positive peers and male mentors. This could be a youth group, an after-school program, or an outdoor adventure program like Trail Life USA.

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Life is hard.  Is your son ready?
Does he have the tools to come face-to-face with the things you went through– and overcome?

When the disciple Peter stepped out of the boat to follow Jesus, it was a great act of intense faith.  But the roar of wind and waves around him took his focus from Christ, and he began to sink.

Teach your son to focus intently on the face of Christ, and seek him with his whole heart. Live out for him the word of God as his map and compass through this life.  Give him godly mentors to show him the way, and godly young men to help sharpen his faith to face the tests of life– and overcome.

For more information about raising your son into a godly man, visit Trail Life USA or RaisingGodlyBoys.com.

“Boys, time to take three laps around the house.”

My homeschool friend recognizes the need for her sons to get up and move several times a day. So, once an hour the kids go outside and run around for ten minutes.

Boys learn best when their entire body is involved in the process. That’s why they’re naturally restless and rambunctious. Their instinct is to keep moving. When their body is in motion, their brain is more engaged, which allows for a better learning environment.

The next time you want to help your son absorb some facts, combine the learning experience with an activity. They can recite memory verses while bouncing a basketball or listen to a book while shuffling a deck of cards. The information is more likely to stick.

For information about raising your son into a godly man, visit Trail Life USA or RaisingGodlyBoys.com.

Does your son play video games?
A grandfather asked his grandson, “Why do you like playing Fortnite so much?” His grandson’s reply was telling: “Because I’m good at it.”

Why do we have such an inner drive? To be good? To win? Sometimes at the expense of others? The answer lies in The Fall. Mankind was created, and God said it was “very good.”* Everything Adam and Eve needed was woven into them to worship God and obey Him.

However, when they decided to believe the serpent instead, that inner drive became corrupted. And, unfortunately, the rest is history.

Teaching our boys what true goodness is, by showing them the life of Jesus, takes this concept out of the fake worlds of video games and plants it firmly in the real world around them.

For information about raising your son into a godly man, visit Trail Life USA or RaisingGodlyBoys.com.
 
*Genesis 1:31

Is your son growing closer to God, or further away?

It seems that everything in our modern culture is trying to drive a wedge between our sons and their faith in God.  Many times, this worldly influence comes from their friends.

Abraham Kuyper, former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, once said, “He is your friend who pushes you nearer to God.”

Surround your sons with godly men to mentor him and with true friends who will encourage him in his walk with Christ.  Modern culture wants to rip him away from God.  Put people in his life that push him, by their example and by their words, ever closer to the love of Jesus Christ.

For more information about raising your son into a godly man, visit Trail Life USA or RaisingGodlyBoys.com.