Offering a Christian perspective on growing boys into men. Mark Vander Ley spoke with Lon Woodbury on Parent Choices For Struggling Teens on LA Talk radio.com. Starting with outlining the problems boys and men face in today's society, he explained how Christianity provides a model for growing boys into men with positive relationships and discipline while avoiding punishment.
A Brief Biography
Mark Vander Ley, a Clinical Supervisor at Chaddock School in Qunicy, Illinois, has authored 2 ebooks that are now offered on Amazon. One is"Stuff Dads Say" while the other is "Parenting Peace."
Does a Christian Perspective on Growing Boys Into Men Address The Crisis In American Manhood?
There is a quiet but grave crisis of manhood in the United States. Social studies have shown that children raised without biological fathers-24 million in number-are more likely to have psychological challenges leading to mood disorders and behavioral problems. Consequently, the discussion focused on the specific challenges faced by Christian parents when raising boys into well-balanced men.
Jesus, said Ley, is the perfect and ideal man because he represented many worthy qualities of what it is like to be a capable man: besides physical strength and tireless enthusiasm, he was also a man of knowledge, and he expressed gentleness, flexibility, self-control, and honest leadership. By contrast, the confusing cultural picture of a man in the US today is somebody is egoistic and aggressive.
Growing into manhood had little to do with winning regardless of the cost and more to do with growing in wisdom and stature. Woodbury pointed out that men like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela were great examples of the type of man Ley was describing. They were strong, yet self-restrained.
One trouble fathers face when trying to raise Christian men in today's hedonistic culture, Ley said, is that we now appear to live in a post-Christian culture. In the past, Christian morality was an indispensable thread in the fabric of the culture of the United States. Yet nowadays, those who still hold Christian beliefs and values now appear to be in conflict with extreme materialism, provocative sexual imagery, and lazy parenting. While it was natural for teen boys to rebel, either through acting out or embracing another religion, it was essential for mothers and fathers attempting to raise kids in a Christian house to be willing to discuss issues in an open way with their child rather than over-reacting.
Many other concerns were also covered throughout the interview about a Christian standpoint on raising boys into successful men, including exactly what it truly meant to spare the rod and spoil the child, and what parents ought to do to teach Christian virtue and impart self-control. Ley also spoke about how Christian parents can best manage negative habits based upon bad life choices.
A Brief Biography
Mark Vander Ley, a Clinical Supervisor at Chaddock School in Qunicy, Illinois, has authored 2 ebooks that are now offered on Amazon. One is"Stuff Dads Say" while the other is "Parenting Peace."
Does a Christian Perspective on Growing Boys Into Men Address The Crisis In American Manhood?
There is a quiet but grave crisis of manhood in the United States. Social studies have shown that children raised without biological fathers-24 million in number-are more likely to have psychological challenges leading to mood disorders and behavioral problems. Consequently, the discussion focused on the specific challenges faced by Christian parents when raising boys into well-balanced men.
Jesus, said Ley, is the perfect and ideal man because he represented many worthy qualities of what it is like to be a capable man: besides physical strength and tireless enthusiasm, he was also a man of knowledge, and he expressed gentleness, flexibility, self-control, and honest leadership. By contrast, the confusing cultural picture of a man in the US today is somebody is egoistic and aggressive.
Growing into manhood had little to do with winning regardless of the cost and more to do with growing in wisdom and stature. Woodbury pointed out that men like Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela were great examples of the type of man Ley was describing. They were strong, yet self-restrained.
One trouble fathers face when trying to raise Christian men in today's hedonistic culture, Ley said, is that we now appear to live in a post-Christian culture. In the past, Christian morality was an indispensable thread in the fabric of the culture of the United States. Yet nowadays, those who still hold Christian beliefs and values now appear to be in conflict with extreme materialism, provocative sexual imagery, and lazy parenting. While it was natural for teen boys to rebel, either through acting out or embracing another religion, it was essential for mothers and fathers attempting to raise kids in a Christian house to be willing to discuss issues in an open way with their child rather than over-reacting.
Many other concerns were also covered throughout the interview about a Christian standpoint on raising boys into successful men, including exactly what it truly meant to spare the rod and spoil the child, and what parents ought to do to teach Christian virtue and impart self-control. Ley also spoke about how Christian parents can best manage negative habits based upon bad life choices.
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Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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