Instling a healthy self-esteem is one of the most important things you can give your son.

You can't guarantee anything but little things that I did along the way I hope contributed to my boys we have three boys their sense of

worth their value their manhood their their journey to manhood I would thump

them in the chest I'd fist bump them I would give them a high-fy for something simple. I'd make them laugh

about some flub I did and say, wow, you're better at this than me. There are a lot of little

things you can do to add into your child's life,

and we'll be exploring some of that today on this episode.

I'm John Fuller, along with Dr. Danny Werther.

He's in charge of our parenting department, and we're going to return now to a

conversation with Jonathan McKee. Jonathan sat with Jim Daly and me to share how you

can encourage your teen son as he faces challenges.

Jonathan, we've been talking about these four battles that young men will face.

We haven't really named him.

So what are they?

Absolutely.

Sexual temptation screens, controlled substances, and struggles with self-esteem.

Those are the four biggies.

Those are the ones that guaranteed if a mom comes up to me and asks a question about her son and says,

hey, I gotta ask you, my son, I know it's gonna be one of those four things.

Yeah, I would think, you know, again, being a dad of teenagers, I would think that self-image is kind of the foundation there, because the other things behaviorally come from poor self-image and impact on your self-image or wanting to be something special in the

crowd what have you. Self image what are the obstacles there what are the

battles how do we encourage a team boy in his self-image?

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