1KHO 477: What Every Boy Needs Before He Turns 10 (And Why It Starts With You) | Molly DeFrank, Mothering Boys

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Molly DeFrank returns to The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast with a powerful message for moms of boys in a rapidly shifting culture. Drawing from her new book Mothering Boys: Eight Things Your Son Needs Before He Turns 10, Molly breaks down what young boys actually need from their moms—especially in a world that increasingly devalues masculinity and replaces human relationships with screens and AI companions. With urgency and encouragement, she shares research-backed insights, practical tools, and soul-shifting stories—from Stephen King to hyena #3—that affirm the everyday moments of motherhood are shaping our sons’ futures far more than we realize. In this compelling conversation, Molly and Ginny dive deep into why family dinners (even the chaotic ones) still matter, how screen time is silently stealing our kids’ resilience, and why failure might be the greatest gift we give our children. They discuss the cultural erosion of boyhood, the rise of AI “relationships,” and the critical importance of wonder, outdoor play, grit, and belonging. This episode is both a wake-up call and a warm hug for moms raising boys—and a call to amp up our efforts before the window closes. ** Learn more about Molly and everything she has to offer here Get a copy of Mothering Boys here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you're a Christian, imagine what life would be like if you didn't have access to you or never even seen a Bible in your own language.
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0:15.7	Thousands of men, women, and children are coming to faith, but simply don't have access to a Bible of their own.
0:21.2	In parts of Africa, crew missionaries have to share one Bible between several people.
0:26.0	In Europe, teens are asking for more Bibles than we can provide.
0:29.4	And in closed nations, this good news is spreading at an astonishing rate,
0:33.5	but they need more physical Bibles to keep up with the growth.
0:36.6	People are searching for truth and finding answers in God's Word.
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1:13.7	massive impact. Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside podcast. And my name is Ginny Urge and Molly
1:20.4	Frank is back. She has returned. Welcome. Thanks so much for having me, Ginny. I'm so excited to
1:26.7	talk with you. It's always a pleasure.
1:28.3	So the last time we talked, we talked about your wonderful book.
1:30.3	Now it had already been out for a little while called Digital Detox.
1:33.3	And this is a story of you taking the screens away and what happened.
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