Popular blogger, Monica Swanson, knew she struck a nerve when her blog post entitled "What a Teenage Boy Needs Most From His Mom" garnered a HUGE response. Moms everywhere were hungering to know how they could connect with their teenage sons. At an age where boys are pulling away from us, it can be easy to throw our hands up in frustration and hope they come back eventually. But Swanson encourages her readers that teenage boys need their moms just as much now as they did when they were younger.
Boy Mom is filled with practical advice on a multitude of topics including:
Grounding Our Boys in the Faith
Affirming Their Identity
Teaching Discipline with Technology
Physical Health
Emotional Health
and more!
I appreciated that Swanson wrote this book with a combination of research and personal experience. She struck a good balance between the two: backing up her statements with both updated statistics as well as the personal experience that can only come from raising four boys. All with the reminder to parent intentionally and with vision. This is the type of mom that I would love to sit down with and have a face to face conversation. And Boy Mom is the next best thing. The author speaks with such wisdom and honesty that I came away from this book feeling encouraged and empowered to raise my own two sons. And actually looking forward to those teenage years.
*Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.
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