Book Review//Secure Daughters/Confident Sons

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Secure Daughters/Confident Sons: How parents guide their children into authentic masculinity and feminity by Glenn T. Stanton

This book is actually a wonderful guide to the inner workings of men and women. I was initially put off in finding out that Mr. Stanton is part of the Focus on the Family team, but those fears were immediately laid aside.

The book delves into the minds of men and women and the contribution each gender/sex brings to the table in raising children. The book is filled with research, both from others and his own work with families and children, and with real life stories from his own upbringing and his experience with his four daughters and one son as well as from his practice.

Mr. Stanton clearly defines the differences between the sexes and decries the use of the word 'gender' as something different or less than our physical differences. Men and women were created differently in order to fulfill different roles in life, in marriage, and most importantly in the raising of children. Whole children need to be raised in families (or extended families) where they receive the benefit of both a mother and a father. Neither one is more important or less important than the other, both sides of the coin so to speak are needed in order to produce whole human beings.

The book initially breaks down boys in one chapter and girls in the next, balancing what fathers bring to the table with what mothers bring to the table. Later chapters of the book bring together both sides to more clearly show that the differences are more than superficial but less controversial than they sound. Each chapter ends with a question(s) relating to the information presented and a real life response.

Anyone who has children in their lives would find this book helpful. Anyone contemplating having children should read this book.

disclaimer: "I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review"