Secure Daughters, Confident Sons

 

 

About the Book

In this eye-opening book, family researcher Glenn T. Stanton offers a clear vision for why gender matters in how we raise our children. His thought-provoking insights expose the problems with stifling stereotypes and damaging cultural assumptions, then highlight a practical pathway for guiding children into healthy manhood and womanhood.

You’ll discover…

• what gender-appropriate behavior looks like at various ages—and why you shouldn’t panic if your toddler boy plays with his sister’s dolls.
• how to help your daughter become secure in her sense of significance—whether she prefers chasing butterflies or shooting hoops.
• how to inspire your son to compete and take healthy risks—in ways that fit his unique personality.
• how moms and dads complement one another as they discipline differently, comfort differently, and influence differently.
• what you can do on a daily basis to nurture your children’s God-given design and help them resist the pressure to conform to arbitrary cultural rules.

With practical tools, well-researched insights, and real-life scenarios, this book equips parents to launch daughters who are secure in the power of their femininity and sons who are confident in their strength to make a difference in the world.

 

This Mom’s Review

I got more than what I expected from reading this book.   It is packed with information that parents need in this crazy world of gender confusion and false ideas.

As a Mother:

• I better understand the difference between girls and boys, and how God has uniquely designed each child.  I also have some guidelines – not rigid rules – but guidelines in helping my children grow to be healthy in their own God-given gender.
• I see where opposite gender play and activities can go from healthy to dangerous – yes, it’s okay to be a tomboy, but it’s not okay to try to hide one’s own gender.

As a Wife:

• I know this book is for parents to guide their children, but I found a wealth of information that helped me understand my own husband.  I get frustrated with the way he does things and some of the things he says.  The author helped me see my husband in a different light, from a man’s way of thinking.  God definitely designed man and woman differently and knowing the details will really help me in my future responses to how my husband operates. 
• I also see by changing my responses to my husband, maybe I can be a better example to my daughter, a future wife, and my son, a future husband.

Scripture translations used are the New King James Version, The Message, and the New International Version.

 

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I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group in exchange for my honest review.  You can read an excerpt, then grab a paperback copy of Secure Daughters, Confident Sons from your local bookstore, Amazon.com or PaperBackswap.com, or the eBook version at Amazon Kindle.