#89: What Our Sons Need with David Thomas
Famous at Home
Josh + Christi Straub
4.8 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
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 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 | We all have family picture frames. |
| 0:11.8 | Who are the people in yours? |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Josh. |
| 0:14.4 | And I'm Christy. |
| 0:15.8 | In This Together is a podcast where we discuss topics related to today's family. |
| 0:23.4 | We also go behind the scenes to share stories from our own crooked picture frame. And we interview guests to discover how their |
| 0:28.5 | stories can give us insight on becoming families who live, love, and lead well. Because you're |
| 0:34.3 | not alone. We're in this together. |
| 0:40.4 | This episode of the In This Together podcast is brought to you by Lifeway Women. |
| 0:45.9 | For more information about all the events Lifeway Women has to offer, visit lifeway.com |
| 0:51.3 | slash women's events. |
| 0:54.1 | Welcome back to the In This Together podcast. We are here |
| 0:58.0 | live at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee. And today we are talking with David |
| 1:04.7 | Thomas about raising boys and what our boys really need. You've probably heard David before on the podcast. |
| 1:11.7 | If you've listened and if you haven't, |
| 1:13.1 | I would just encourage you to go back and listen to some of previous episodes. |
| 1:16.9 | David is our resident therapist for all things boys. |
| 1:21.8 | He's written a couple of books, which we'll put in the show notes, |
| 1:24.4 | but we're talking mostly about wild things today, the art of nurturing |
| 1:27.6 | boys. |
| 1:28.0 | And we talk about it in the podcast, but this truly is my favorite book. |
| 1:32.2 | And it has changed so much of how I relate with our son. |
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