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The author uses scripture, personal stories from his family and counseling practice to flesh out and explain his ideas. This book comes from a christian worldview and occasionally references scripture, but it is also accessible to a general audience. ... Read More
Thomas mainly focuses on examples from his clients, illustrating common problems and coping skills. Thomas suggests many questions to spur conversation, and he also closes each chapter with a summary of intentional practices for the reader to implemen... Read More
Men are often skilled in avoiding pain and numbing discomfort. Many of them have been taught to convert their fear, sadness, and disappointment into anger. One of the most shocking things is the topic of * and how one man dies every minute on average.... Read More
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I loved how he encouraged parents to spend time with the adult figures in their son’s lives to understand how they are influenc... Read More
I am so thankful for the wisdom hope encouragement and experience he shares in this book
However i would say that while i understand the focus is on boys and they struggle more with the issues in this book than girls... Read More
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- This product had a total of 132 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 4 2022.
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Thomas suggests many questions to spur conversation and he also closes each chapter with a summary of intentional practices for the reader to implement
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Thomas occasionally shares information from psychological research but this is an advicedriven book not an academic book with lots of studies cited
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He routinely references sports as a major sphere of social and personal development but even though massive numbers of boys do play sports the constant assumption of athletic involvement could be frustrating to parents whose boys are interested in activities like music art theater or robotics club
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Many of them have been taught to convert their fear sadness and disappointment into anger
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He first instructed them not to use screen time at all and they don’t use technology at first apple watch or apps
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Through his counseling and teaching he tries to help boys understand and practice the three r’s—to recognize stress as it registers inside the individual to learn how to regulate these movements and to repair relationships when they act out in the wrong manner
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I’m not competitive and i’m terrible at sports… so raising a boy has been the most perplexing thing i have ever done
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