#89: What Our Sons Need with David Thomas

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Josh + Christi Straub

Parenting, Relationships, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Kids & Family

4.9 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 38 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 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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