By Rick Johnson
Founder of Better Dads ministry, Oregon
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• Boys need clear, unambiguous boundaries
• Boys need to be held accountable for their actions and decisions
• Boys need to learn the correlation between taking risks and success in life
• Boys need to not acquire the habit of quitting early in life
• Boys need positive male role models in their lives
• Speak to your son in simple, short sound bite sentences
• If you need to discuss something in depth, take a walk or other physical activity with your son
• Women have much better communication skills than a boy. It is intimidating to sit across the table, eye to eye from someone so much more skilled in an area than he is
• Start discussing sexuality early in your son’s life—it will be easier later on
• Don’t be discouraged–millions of good men have been raised by just their mothers.
Find out more in Rick’s book, That’s My Son—How Moms Can Influence Boys to Become Men of Character, by Revell Publishing. Go to www.betterdads.net for more information.
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