#117: [Best Of Part 2] What Our Sons Need with David Thomas
Famous at Home
Josh + Christi Straub
4.9 • 653 Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2019
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Our podcast “resident therapist," David Thomas, is back with us, live from Daystar Counseling. He talks with us about what our sons need across the developmental lifespan.
In this episode, David breaks down what our boys need in the following age groups:
Ages 2-4: The Explorer
Ages 5-8: The Lover
Ages 9-12: The Individual
Ages 13-17: The Wanderer
Ages 18-22: The Warrior
Some of the best nuggets of this interview include:
* The biggest hurdle of boys today across the developmental lifespan* Ways that boys self-medicate their pain and why* Why helping boys problem solve and use critical thinking is crucial to their development* The importance of placing your hand on your son's shoulder and addressing him by name* Why boys need less words, not more* Helping our boys navigate video gaming in a healthy way
Show Notes:
To purchase the What Am I Feeling? children's book, click here.
To learn more, click here to purchase David's book, Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys
To buy David’s latest book, Are My Kids on Track?, click here.
To learn more, check out: www.raisingboysandgirls.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the In This Together podcast with Dr. Josh and Christy Stroud, a podcast |
| 0:14.0 | to helping you live, love, and lead well as a spouse, a parent, and a human being. |
| 0:20.0 | Because no matter where you're at in your journey, |
| 0:22.8 | you're not alone. We're in this together. Welcome back to the In This Together podcast. |
| 0:32.1 | We are on episode two of our best of series of season five and today we're talking to David Thomas. |
| 0:41.1 | This is a conversation. I mean, it really was one of the most played and listened to and |
| 0:45.9 | also the one of the conversations got the most feedback on. David Thomas is a counselor |
| 0:51.1 | and our resident counselor for our son. He is one of the most wise men |
| 0:59.9 | when it comes to the life of a boy. And I know if you heard this conversation before, |
| 1:06.6 | I encourage you to listen to again. We sometimes go back and listen to these again because |
| 1:10.4 | you just absorb such truth and |
| 1:14.2 | goodness and there's something about their demeanor and their countenance and how they just |
| 1:18.5 | operate in life that you just want to just soak in. |
| 1:22.4 | And so we're going to listen in here. |
| 1:24.8 | David is, as Christy just said, incredibly empathetic, incredibly soft-spoken, but incredibly |
| 1:31.7 | bold as it relates to his approach. |
| 1:35.0 | And so we want to invite you into this conversation with David Thomas. |
| 1:40.2 | Welcome back to the In This Together podcast. |
| 1:42.9 | We are here live at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 1:48.4 | And today we are talking with David Thomas about raising boys and what our boys really need. |
| 1:55.8 | You've probably heard David before on the podcast. |
| 1:57.8 | If you've listened and if you haven't, I would just encourage you to go back |
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