Over-Mothering Your Boy
On Raising Boys
Thomas Matlack writes about the nuances of raising boys – from a dad’s perspective. He lists 10 things for us to think about when raising our sons – and I’ll skip straight to #10 because I liked it so much!
10. Bedtime is sacred.
Because boys are so active, it’s hard to get them to sit still. The best time of day is the ten minutes before they go to sleep. Crawl into bed with them, read books, and hold them while they fall off to sleep. If you don’t believe in God, you will once you have lain next to your overactive son while his body goes limp next to you, and he ever so faintly begins to snore.
Check out the other 9 here:
Over-Mothering Your Boy
It’s a challenge! Over-mothering.
Today’s Listen from Dr. James Dobson discusses one of the pitfalls we all need to avoid – over mothering.
Many parents in a reaction to the culture, are tempted to over parent or become helicopter parents with the goal of protecting their children from the world around them.
Clearly, you want to make sure that you are doing everything that you can to keep your child safe but we must find the balance especially as moms to not crush their conqueror and explorer hearts.
We need to be able to find an outlet for them to run, jump and explore.
Copter Mommy – Party Rock Anthem LMFAO PARODY
Watch this hilarious parody of helicopter moms! Thought this was appropriate since today’s Listen was all about over-mothering. I know it’s hard ladies – but let’s all agree not to be helicopter moms!
