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44 reviews for:
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men
Meg Meeker
3.58 AVERAGE
44 reviews for:
Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men
Meg Meeker
3.58 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
I don't agree with everything she said but some of it and will probably re-read it when Sully is older because her advice for teen boys seems good to me.
I took many notes on what I read in this book. I love the message that I am raising a son to become an extraordinary man. I took things that I feel like will eventually help me as I navigate this trying period with a young 5 year old boy. Hopefully, it will make a difference. There was a lot of great stuff, but I walked away knowing it wasn't one of those books that I would recommend to everyone and their dog.
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reflective
slow-paced
It was so heavy handed with stereotype and crap about how men can't communicate with their mothers through words or physical affection. What? Maybe in your gender binary religious world, but not in my open-minded one. I couldn't listen to any more of the condescending treatment of young men.
slow-paced
I saw this book mentioned several times in mom groups, so I was curious. As a therapist, I am confused why a medical doctor wrote a book about how to parent boys for their mental, emotional, and spiritual health. The main points were not significant: Listen to your son, teach him how to communicate and bond, help build his self-esteem. A lot it was also way too faith-focused for me.
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Good read through, lots of great points. Spend time with your children, talk to them, teach them responsibility, how to love, acceptance, ask them questions to help them make choices
Overall, I thought there were some good tips, but this woman is definitely not “woke” and it seems that this book intentionally enforces gender role stereotypes that I’m trying to avoid in my family. I also just skimmed the whole chapter on God, because that is not what makes me a strong mom. I’m also concerned that the author seems to be a big sex Ed advocate and speaker but uses language that teens are “making it” with other teens. I feel like that’s something my grandmother might have said, but I’ve never heard in the vernacular of a teenager (and I taught in junior high and high school).