Raising Boys to Be Strong, Caring, Responsible Men

What kinds of questions or tips can you offer about raising boys? Ask or tell anything you'd like. For instance, you may be concerned about the effects of video games on a boy's developing brain, you may disagree with your spouse about the balance between downtime and time spent in organized sports, you may be worried about an unmotivated teenager who doesn't seem to care about school or sports. Or you may not know what to do about a defiant child.

If you're a single mother raising boys, you may be concerned about how to grow up good, young men without a father figure. Or you may wonder how to instill a good work ethic in your child or worry about how to raise a boy who has a strong sense of his identity and self-worth when he's hanging out with peers who are a bunch of followers.

If you have young boys, you may be interested in reading my parenting book in which I show parents how to raise boys to become progressively aware of what their strengths are as they're growing up, so they can bring them to the table as adults and use them to create meaningful and productive lives in which they make a lasting contribution to the world. The book uses Native American concepts in it because they are so conducive to raising a child who is grounded in his strengths, yet has a strong sense of connection to the world around him.

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