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Sons and Dads: Parenting our Sons

Parenting sons can be a challenge, even though we experienced it first hand with our dads and moms. This page contains information and resources for helping fathers relate to and parent their sons.
Keeping Your Son Safe
Concerned about the prevalence of child sexual abuse in our communities, churches and elsewhere? Find out how to best protect your son from abuse by a pedophile.
Learning to Love-- Not Control --Our Sons
This article discusses the myth that fathers must control their sons, and approaches the task of raising a son in today’s world from the vantage point of love and respect.
Talking to Your Son About Drugs
The easy answer is to keep communicating. Share your values about drugs and drug abuse and make sure you listen a lot!
The Wonder of Boys
Author Michael Gurian believes that we discount too often the important roles that boys play in families, neighborhoods, and in the lives of their moms and dads. In this interview, Gurian discusses what we can do to help boys achieve their potential.
Youth Baseball Practice
Taking on that important role as a coach of your son's baseball team? Look at these pointers for making practices more fun and effective.
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