This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Timothy 5:8 (NIV)

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Questions:

1. Think about the best male role models throughout your life. Tell your son about these men and what made them important in your life.
2. Make a list of movies and books you want your son to see and read. Talk to other men and get recommendations of their favourite inspirational movies and books.
3. Actively look for other male mentors to be involved in your son’s life. Think about this question: If somethings should happen to you, what kind of men would you want involved in your son’s life?
4. Discuss with your wife and family how you might become a mentor for other needy boys.

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Questions:

1. Discuss with other men the area in which you have the most difficult struggle in maintaining your sexual purity. How would you feel if your son confessed struggling in that area as well?
2. Talk to your son beforehand about the changes his body will undergo as he goes through adolescence as well as those that girls will experience. Then, as he gets a little older, talk about sex, particularly about how a man guards his sexual purity in everyday situations.
3. Discuss with your wife what measures you can take as a family to keep pornography from impacting your children.

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Questions:

1. In what ways do you give your son the respect he deserves as a man in training?
2. Whatr are some ways you can teach your son to respect women?
3. Does the behavior you model encourage or discourage your son from respecting other authority figures in his life?

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Questions:

1. In what ways do you currently show honour and respect to your wife? Write down a list of new ways that you can begin to honour your wife.
2. Ask your wife what her five greatest needs are. Then compare and discuss them with the other men in your study group.
3. What are some ways that you can model to your son how a man should love a woman? Ask your son if he is confident that you have a good marriage and that you will never leave him. Discuss with him why he might feel this is important.

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Questions:

1. In what areas of your son’s life are you holding him accountable? Have you given another man permission to hold you accountable?
2. Look for times your son gets angry. Discuss with him the possible underlying reasons he reacted in anger. Was he really scared, frustrated, intimidated, hungry, or something else?
3. What chores have you assigned your son? How is he held accountable to complete them?
4. If your son is still young, decide before he gets to the appropriate age how you will develop a work ethic in him.

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Last week I asked for some feedback on skills to be teaching our sons. This was some of the feedback:

• Resilience
• Money Management
• Survival skills
• Coping with loss
• Conflict resolution
• How to make the perfect cup of coffee
• Woodworking and metal working
• Overcoming adversity
• Planning

This actually ties in really well with the topic for this chapter of the Better Dads, Stronger Sons book, “Making a Noble Man”.

Questions:

1. Make a list of character traits you want your son to have. Discuss with other men why these traits are important in general and to you in particular. How can you help instill these traits in your son?
2. Think of the best example you’ve witnessed of manly behaviour and discuss it with your son.
3. Tell your son what you think makes a man. Ask him what character traits he things are manly.

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Questions

1. What do you consider the three biggest mistakes you have made as a father? What did you learn from them?
2. Develop a list of strengths and weaknesses your son possesses. How can you help nurture his strengths so he succeeds in life?
3. Chart the actual amount of time you spend each day with your son over a week’s time. How does this amount of time differ from what you thought it would be?
4. In what ways would you like to overcome complacency in your life, both as a man and as a father? What types of failures do you fear, and how can you overcome the fear by taking the risk of failure?

Skills

What practical skills do you think we need to equip our sons with before they move out?

• Basic car service
• How to build and setup a computer
• What else?

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

Questions

1. What kind of physical activities do you participate in with your son?
2. Describe a tough time that you and your son have been through? How did it end up?
3. If you have a step son, how can you bond more closely with him?
4. Think about some ceremonies that you can initiate for your son. Plan one or more, and implement it at the proper time.

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This episode we continue reading the book “Better Dads, Stronger Sons”, by Rick Johnson (affiliate link). That will take up season 1 of the show, and if that goes well, we will continue to read other books, and explore other content to help us become better Dads.

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