Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys

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Wild Things

The Art of Nurturing Boys

This informative, practical, and encouraging guide will help parents guide boys down the path to healthy and authentic manhood. Wild Things addresses the physical, emotional, and spiritual parts of a boy, written by two therapists who are currently engaged in ministry work with boys and their parents and who are also fathers raising five sons, actively involved in the life of their churches.

Contains sections dealing with:

• Sit Still! Pay Attention!
• A Boy’s Brain
• The Warrior
• Different Learning Styles
• Noble Creatures: Nurturing a Boy’s Heart
• A Boy and His Mother
• A Boy and His Father
• Deficits and Disappointments
• Boys and Pornography
• Competition
• Single Moms

Also contains a closing section called “Hot Topics”, covering many sensitive areas Christian parents often need someone to speak with them about, but which everyone avoids, such as pornography, masturbation, competition, money, bravado and depression, single Moms and their boys, and more.

Reviews and Endorsements

“As a pediatrician I see parents everyday wrestling with how to understand and guide their sons. If you’re looking for practical parenting skills these pages are filled with sound advice. The authors break down each stage of a boy’s journey and it is filled with effective, simple tips that you can implement now. This book is one of the best parenting resources I’ve seen. ” — Dr Linda Brady, Pediatrician, Nashville, Tennessee

“I loved this book! As a single mom for the past seven years, I couldn’t wait to dive into David and Stephen’s timely work. This mom of two wild things and two softer things needed their road map and driving instructions for the dangerous journey we are traveling. Bless you both for the wisdom you have given to me. May all our boys be nurtured and loved until they are the honorable men God intended for them to become.” –Angela Thomas, Speaker and Best-selling author of My Single Mom Life.

More Endorsements

“David and Stephen have once again demonstrated the beauty and power of fraternal collaboration in their newest book. If I didn’t know otherwise, I would assume these two guys were grand-dads, not young dads, when I consider the depth of wisdom and breadth of practical applications captured between the covers of this volume. How I wish I had this book when my son was younger, yet the same principles of loving well are applicable from generation to generation. If you want hope and not hype, but this book. It is a joy to unequivocally endorse it, and I look forward to putting it in the hands of many dads, and moms as well. “

— Scotty Smith, Founding Pastor Christ Community Church

“God has entrusted a unique and powerful gift to Stephen James and Dave Thomas to understand the complex language of a boy’s heart and help interpret it for us who love them. This is an important book about a very important subject.”

— Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman