This is a book for mothers who love their sons, and want to be closer.
What might you get from reading this book?
- A deeper understanding of your boys and also the men you love
- The reasons a male’s emotions are less visible
- The secrets of his emotions and how to see them
- The possibility of a new closeness from understanding and loving his uniqueness
- An awareness of the three things that drive these differences that impact your sons but not your daughters
- Tips for teaching young boys about emotions
- Ideas about how to find your son’s safe emotional places
- The joy of having a new understanding of your son and his joy at being understood.
Research tells us that boys have emotions (sometimes more than the girls) but once they get a little older you stop seeing them so easily. This book gives you the tools you need to see how and why he does this. Once you understand your son it will be easy to see the same dynamics in your husband.
The bottom line is I have never met a mom who doesn’t love her son. But I have met quite a few moms who would love to be closer. This book is written specifically for them. Concise and straightforward, it makes it easy for busy moms who don’t have lots of time to read books. Some sections could be read aloud with your son which will likely produce some interesting discussions.
Get closer to your son.
Do you sometimes wonder why your son is the way he is? Do you struggle in understanding him? Listen to the words of youtube sensation Karen Straughan:
"For any mother of boys who has ever been perplexed, flummoxed,bewildered, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, confused or stymied by the things they say and do, this book is a must read."
Learn the secrets that make boy's emotions invisible. Learn the reasons he seems so different from your daughters. The author has spent over 30years working with boys and learning their nature. This book will open you to their world and in so doing bring a deeper closeness.
Concise, written in a friendly manner, this book will help you shape a new way of being with your son.Bonus sections on adolescents, teaching boys about emotions, discipline and more, this book will give you plenty of tips about getting close to your son while honoring your distinctly different ways.
Listen to Jennifer Fink, writer,founder of buildingboys.net and mother of four boys says:
"I wish I'd had this book when I started raising boys! And even though I've been raising and reading and writing about boys for 18+ years, I learned things."
