Mothering Little Men from Mars Sue Bohlin Probe Ministries

Revisiting Mars: Boys are Self- Reliant

Male Brain is Linear

Boys are More Physical

Boys are Competitive “As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” Prov 27:17

Boys Bond Shoulder to Shoulder

Talking: For Conveying Facts and Information Only

Aggression Nurturing

Boys Need Respect

What Men Want Moms to Know

Don’t try to turn him into a girl.

Boys need men to imprint masculinity on them.

Respect your son, his dad, and men in general. Eph 4:29 Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear.

Affirm him.

Don’t be overprotective.

Start letting them go as soon as they learn to walk.

Dirt is not sin.

Sometimes fighting is good.

“I wish parents would put this on their bathroom mirror: LOVE FIRST, FREAK OUT LATER”