Comments on: Manly and Respectful Boys http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/manly-and-respectful-boys/ Equipping Families with Practical Skills for Real Life! Mon, 21 May 2012 18:09:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Teaching Good Things » Why Books Over Movies http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/manly-and-respectful-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-10875 Teaching Good Things » Why Books Over Movies Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:50:53 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=4150#comment-10875 [...] the post Manly and Respectful Boys Trisha [...] [...] the post Manly and Respectful Boys Trisha [...]

]]> By: Tricia http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/manly-and-respectful-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-10844 Tricia Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:16:19 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=4150#comment-10844 Excellent, excellent advice! Thank you! When my son was around 6, there was a teachable moment (I don't remember the circumstance now--it was a long time ago!), and I matter-of-factly mentioned that "Gentlemen open doors for girls and women." You might not believe this, but being a gentleman became a vital part of his life from then on! Once the daughter of a friend of mine even wrote me, when we'd moved away from their area, asking me if my son was still a gentleman! I love the part about always speaking positively about their father and grandfather. I was wondering what makes you say that books make more of an impression than movies? I hope that's true, but I'd love to hear what makes you think that. A boy is the only thing that God can use to make a man, I once read. How true! Thanks again! Excellent, excellent advice! Thank you!
When my son was around 6, there was a teachable moment (I don’t remember the circumstance now–it was a long time ago!), and I matter-of-factly mentioned that “Gentlemen open doors for girls and women.” You might not believe this, but being a gentleman became a vital part of his life from then on! Once the daughter of a friend of mine even wrote me, when we’d moved away from their area, asking me if my son was still a gentleman!

I love the part about always speaking positively about their father and grandfather.

I was wondering what makes you say that books make more of an impression than movies? I hope that’s true, but I’d love to hear what makes you think that.

A boy is the only thing that God can use to make a man, I once read. How true!

Thanks again!

]]> By: RG http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/manly-and-respectful-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-10842 RG Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:56:29 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=4150#comment-10842 wow, thanks for the practical tips. wow, thanks for the practical tips.

]]> By: Kim M http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/manly-and-respectful-boys/comment-page-1/#comment-10833 Kim M Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:02:22 +0000 http://teachinggoodthings.com/blog/?p=4150#comment-10833 Great advice. Great advice.

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