Raising a boy to become a man
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What does it look like to raise a boy to become a man? In the near future my husband and I will be faced with many decisions that will determine how our son will speak, learn, play, interact with others, love, understand God…etc. These may all sound like little things, but these little things add up to the boy we are raising to become a man. For instance, if we choose not to discipline our child when he disobeys, what are we teaching him? If we don’t address his disobedience right away we are promoting rebellion and bad behavior and if not addressed early on may continue through his adulthood. If we choose to ignore his frustrations and throw him into time out we are not allowing him to learn how to communicate his frustrations and feelings to us and to others and if not addressed early on may also continue through his adulthood. All these little decisions and ways we go about raising our son can have a chain reaction effect on how he chooses to behave and live as a grown adult. It may not seem that way when they are at that young and innocent stage, but they do eventually grow up. I know my son isn’t born yet and my husband and I will find ourselves wrestling with these issues, but my hope is that we will continue to remind ourselves that our ultimate desire is to raise our boy to become a responsible, honest and God honoring man and in so doing we must remind ourselves to be consistant in our actions and continue to pray to God for guidance and wisdom in every decision we make for the sake of our son and to bring God glory.
