Six Ways to Keep the “Good” in Your Boy: Guiding Your Son from His Tweens to His Teens

By Dannah Gresh and Bob Gresh

This helpful resource equips you to instill integrity and honor in your son. Help him navigate the challenging tween years and beyond as you put him on the path to becoming a healthy and responsible adult.
 
With some intentional parenting, your son can avoid the many pitfalls that prevent boys from growing into good men. Bob and Dannah Gresh share six proactive ways you can make a lasting impact in your son’s life.
 
Get Him Outside to Play
Encourage activities that spark his imagination and creativity and fulfill his God-given need for adventure.
 
Give Him a Book So He Can Discover a Real “Call of Duty”
Help him use his free time wisely and develop good discernment about what he reads, plays, and watches.
 
Host Wing Nights and Fantasy Football Parties
Let his dad be dad by giving him the freedom he needs to train and discipline his son well.
 
Celebrate His Entrance into Manhood
Prepare your son for changes to his body, his mood, and his attitude about the opposite sex.  
 
Unplug Him from a Plugged-In World
Educate him early and often on the dangers of sexual sin and show him how to monitor his own media consumption.
 
Let Him Open the Car Door for You
Teach him how to be a gentleman and how to treat girls and women with kindness and respect.
 
Good boys can grow up to be great men with a little guidance and a lot of prayer.     
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Release date: Jul 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9780736981989

Dannah Gresh

Dannah Gresh lives in the mountains of Pennsylvania with her husband, Bob, their children, Robby and Lexi, and their Labradoodle, Stormie. The Greshes founded Pure Freedom, a ministry that has provided biblical retreats and teaching resources for more than 500,000 people all over the world. Dannah has appeared as a guest on programs such asFamilyLife Today, The 700 Club, and Focus on the Family.

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