Summary
It is easy to relate to the need for all of us to feel a mother's love, but is that the same thing as respect? Eggerich feels that moms need to be coached on specific ways to show respect to their sons, as well as promoting the truth that little boys (and big ones) need Mom's respect in return. Full description
- Why this book?
- Understanding what respect looks like to boys
- A game plan: mom g.u.i.d.e.s. with respect
- Seeing the man in the boy: his six desires: c.h.a.i.r.s
- Conquest: respecting his desire to work and achieve
- Hierarchy: respecting his desire to provide, protect, and even die
- Authority: respecting his desire to be strong and to lead and make decisions
- Insight: respecting his desire to analyze, solve, and counsel
- Relationship: respecting his desire for a shoulder-to-shoulder friendship
- Sexuality: respecting his desire for sexual understanding and "knowing"
- An empathetic look at the motherly objections to respecting a boy
- Forgiveness.