“IT is tougher to raise kids now than it was 30 or 40 years ago. When I was young, the culture helped parents reinforce responsible behaviour. There was a consensus of what was right and wrong. Today, however, the culture is moving away from those principles. Everyone suffers as a result, but it is the children who suffer the most.” – Dr James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family.
While children of both sexes are at risk as a result of the pace of living and rampant immorality, Dr Dobson believes that boys are more affected by these changes than girls. Boys are facing serious trouble in today’s society.
“Boys are more rambunctious, more competitive, more likely to get into trouble and more likely to challenge the system,” he says. “They need more supervision, more discipline and, most important, more time with their fathers.”
Dr Dobson has produced a new VCD series to help parents who are raising boys. The 11-session Bringing Up Boys series cover essential areas such as affirming boys’ masculinity, the impact of fathers on sons, special advice for single moms and much more. He presents anecdotes, statistics, the latest medical research revealing the innate differences between boys and girls; practical, biblically-based advice on how parents can raise boys in a challenging environment; and a discussion of our culture’s increasingly hostile attacks on the notion of masculinity. The single mother figures prominently in the messages as well.
The series is suited for a variety of settings, including Sunday school classes, neighbourhood and home study groups, private viewings by parents and grandparents, high school and college curricula, and parenting forums.
A special church curriculum set consisting of 11 VCDs, one Bringing Up Boys hardcopy textbook, one leaders guide and 10 participant guides is available at RM300.00 is available from Focus on the Family (e-mail benny@family.org.my or tel. 03-58823343). |
