Sturdy Moms, Sturdy Sons: Classes Moms Must Increase Extraordinary Males

A well timed and empowering guide that includes “strong, sensible recommendation for girls on easy methods to correctly nurture their sons” (Kirkus Critiques).
 
From the second a mom holds her new child son, his eyes inform her that she is his world. However typically, as he grows up, the boy who wants her concurrently pushes her away. Calling upon thirty years of expertise as a pediatrician, Meg Meeker, M.D., a extremely wanted nationwide speaker, assistant professor of medical medication, and mom of 4, shares the secrets and techniques that each mom must know to be able to strengthen—or rebuild—her relationship together with her son.
 
Boys at the moment face distinctive challenges and pressures, and the burden on moms to information their boys by way of them can really feel overwhelming. This empowering guide gives a highway map to assist moms discover the power and confidence to lift extraordinary sons by offering encouragement, training, and sensible recommendation about
 
• the necessity for moms to train braveness and be bolder and extra assured about advising and directing their boys
• the essential function moms play in expressing love to sons in wholesome methods so that they study to respect and admire girls as they develop up
• the significance of instructing sons concerning the values of onerous work, group service, and a well-developed inside life
• the pure traps moms of boys typically fall into—and easy methods to keep away from them
• the necessity for a mom to heal her personal wounds with the boys in her life so she will elevate her son with out baggage and limitations
• the perfect methods to outlive the moments when the going will get robust and a mother’s pure methods of speaking—speaking, analyzing, exploring—solely gas the hearth
 
When a mom holds her child boy for the primary time, she additionally instinctively is aware of one thing else: If she does her job proper and raises her son with vanity, help, and knowledge, he’ll turn into the person she is aware of he was meant to be.