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The Conscious Parent's Guide to Raising Boys: A Mindful Approach to Raising a Confident, Resilient Son
The tools you need to foster a positive, supportive relationship with your son! Concerns about self-esteem, peer pressure, and behavior can make raising healthy, happy boys seem overwhelming--but it doesn't have to be. With the help of The Conscious Parent's Guide to Raising Boys, you can encourage open communication with your son. With patience and everyday mindfulness, you can guide your boys from childhood through those challenging developmental years. This easy-to-use guide explains how you can help your effectively with othersStrengthen self-image and resist peer pressureDefine and exhibit acceptable behaviorKeep their commitments to family, community, and themselvesFamily therapist Jennifer Costa provides you with the information and support you need for parenting with flexibility, resilience, and love so you can create a calm, happy environment for raising well-adjusted, confident boys.
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269 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 1, 2017
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May 20, 2017
Save yourself 200 pages:
Pay attention to your child. But not overbearingly so.
Pay attention to your child. But not overbearingly so.
February 23, 2020
Having a child is one of the greatest gifts in life but it comes with a huge responsibility as you are responsible for a little human shaping his character, so reading about parenting will help you a lot throughout your journey with your kids.
This book is one of the very good books that give you insight on how to deal with your boy from his early years in life till he is a grown-up man, it goes with you each step of the way on how to help your little boy be a man who is responsible and compassionate.
This book is one of the very good books that give you insight on how to deal with your boy from his early years in life till he is a grown-up man, it goes with you each step of the way on how to help your little boy be a man who is responsible and compassionate.
January 23, 2025
Long-range parenting: what do you want for your son? What qualities do you want him to have as an adult? What are you showing him about the roles of men and women, your values, how to communicate, express emotion?
Unconditional love, no matter how they behave. Look for the reason behind the behaviour.
Boys are encouraged to suppress and ignore emotions. Build emotional literacy, talk about your feelings and theirs, how to recognise feelings, how to deal with them. Talk about the importance of feeling and recognising emotions, how our brains integrate around emotions. Talk through your feelings and thought processes to model this.
Fathers: show affection and unconditional love/acceptance – don’t compete, control and criticise. Play, do things together, model behaviour. Express your feelings and thought processes calmly. Repairing the relationship is always the responsibility of the parent – take responsibility for your own part and look for a solution.
Mothers: unconditional love, making space for independence. Allow your son to separate, but always be there and interested. Less talking sometimes, women are more verbal. Build positive attitudes about women and model healthy relationships.
Friends: listen and observe, don’t get too involved. Talk about strategies for friendship and bullying issues. Support friendships (with girls and boys) and encourage them to spend time at your house.
Adolescents: show respect, include them in setting limits and problem solving. Calmly state the risk/concern. Hormones and emotions will lead to mistakes – need to accept this and maintain positive relationship. Engaged listening – show that you value them as a person and care about what they care about.
Character: life skills to make a meaningful contribution to the family, care for himself and others, contribute positively to the world. Ask: what would you do in that situation? Encourage don’t praise – all family members look for and appreciate the positives in each other. Responsibility – don’t do too much for the child, let them do what they can by themselves even if it is not to your standard, and accept responsibility for their actions and outcomes. Compassion – how do others feel? Support social or environmental causes. Integrity and ethical behaviour – what is right? Spirituality – connection to something greater, beliefs about moral and ethical issues. Resilience and entrepreneurial mindset.
Unconditional love, no matter how they behave. Look for the reason behind the behaviour.
Boys are encouraged to suppress and ignore emotions. Build emotional literacy, talk about your feelings and theirs, how to recognise feelings, how to deal with them. Talk about the importance of feeling and recognising emotions, how our brains integrate around emotions. Talk through your feelings and thought processes to model this.
Fathers: show affection and unconditional love/acceptance – don’t compete, control and criticise. Play, do things together, model behaviour. Express your feelings and thought processes calmly. Repairing the relationship is always the responsibility of the parent – take responsibility for your own part and look for a solution.
Mothers: unconditional love, making space for independence. Allow your son to separate, but always be there and interested. Less talking sometimes, women are more verbal. Build positive attitudes about women and model healthy relationships.
Friends: listen and observe, don’t get too involved. Talk about strategies for friendship and bullying issues. Support friendships (with girls and boys) and encourage them to spend time at your house.
Adolescents: show respect, include them in setting limits and problem solving. Calmly state the risk/concern. Hormones and emotions will lead to mistakes – need to accept this and maintain positive relationship. Engaged listening – show that you value them as a person and care about what they care about.
Character: life skills to make a meaningful contribution to the family, care for himself and others, contribute positively to the world. Ask: what would you do in that situation? Encourage don’t praise – all family members look for and appreciate the positives in each other. Responsibility – don’t do too much for the child, let them do what they can by themselves even if it is not to your standard, and accept responsibility for their actions and outcomes. Compassion – how do others feel? Support social or environmental causes. Integrity and ethical behaviour – what is right? Spirituality – connection to something greater, beliefs about moral and ethical issues. Resilience and entrepreneurial mindset.
August 14, 2024
This book is terrible. Bounces all over the place, one second talking about infants, then adolescents. No real logical thread and no substance to go with recommendations.
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