Raising Responsible Men in an Irresponsible World with Champ Thornton

If you've listened for a while, you'll probably have gathered I have 3 sons. Because of that, raising Godly sons is a topic near and dear to my heart. I want to say from the top: just because I talk about something I'm working through with my sons doesn't mean I don't think you've experienced it with your daughter. I only come from the reference point of having sons. That being said, from the number of comments I've received about the nerves of steel, I've developed raising them, and the level of activity you would find in my house may exceed what you anticipate from the peaceful conversations we have on this podcast. The cultural messages around us press men into malformation. Maybe you grew up with "boys will be boys" messaging you want to press against, or maybe you are trying to raise a "wild at heart" adventurer. But more than those things Biblically, Champ Thornton points out, there's something even more important we need to center our parenting of boys around. Can you tell us about yourself and your current stage of life? How did your personal experience form you to talk about the celebration of being a boy? As parents, we get bogged down in the weeds about what kind of boy we want to raise. An athletic boy, an artistic boy, a gentle boy, a tough boy, a creative boy etc. Out of all those lenses to see our sons. What is most important to focus on? There are a lot of conversations around boys in school and the way many of them struggle with the amount of time required to sit. How do we encourage our sons to use their energy positively? What can parents and teachers do to help them? How do the life of Jesus and the fruit of the Spirit help us balance and harness the potential of our sons and turn them into strengths?  What are some lens shifts and phrases we can use in our parenting to celebrate the boy that God made our sons to be? You can find Champ Thornton's ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠"⁠It's Good to be a Boy"⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hereJOIN US: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Around Our American World ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠for family-style learning!! You can find Elizabeth writing helpful hints ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on the blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Helping you love Jesus and disciple your kids ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Or get access to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Additional study resources here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Original Music written and recorded by Jonathan Camenisch *affiliate links are used when appropriate. Thank you for supporting Sunshine in My Nest