Love, Honor, and Virtue: Gaining or Regaining a Biblical Attitude Toward Sexuality from Great Waters Press
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Today, you can NOT avoid talking to your kids about sex. It's a battle and you need to prepare them to fight to win. Love, Honor, and Virtue: Gaining or Regaining a Biblical Attitude Toward Sexuality from Great Waters Press is a wonderful resource to help you and your teens!
This book is written by Hal & Melanie Young, homeschooling parents of SIX boys and two girls. They are also popular speakers, publishers, writers and bloggers. I have personally met them at homeschool conferences. They are transparent, grace-filled, and funny! They will give you honest, true, Biblical advice on how to prepare for the battle for our children's purity and sexuality.
This softcover paperback book is 95 pages with 8 easy-to-read chapters. It is also available in audiobook format if you prefer to listen instead, one warning - you will not want to listen with younger children as the topics are discussed in complete honesty and detail.
With 8 children myself, ages 21-9, I decided to read this book first. I was not disappointed. The Youngs have walked this path in parenting, and their real-life experience shows through. The book is written directly to your son, but - I do recommend reading it first so that you can be prepared for discussion.
In "Sex was God's Idea" - the authors frankly address the biology behind our sexuality, including an explanation of changes that are occurring to their bodies, and an explanation of the act of sex. All of this is tastefully and respectfully done. This is a great resource for you if you are the one to give "The Talk" to your child. If you are intimidated in giving this talk, you could read this part together. My husband wishes he had this resource for our first couple of sons!
The rest of the book deals specifically with challenges that are encountered as you grow to keep your heart and mind pure. I love that throughout this book Scripture is referred to, it's not the author's perspective - it's God's perspective. Sex is a wonderful gift, from a loving Creator. Satan is the enemy that has tried to steal it. Each chapter ends with a short, bullet-pointed Summary of the main points... you can tell they have sons!
They offer practical help for struggling with temptation - they call it the "5 Point Defense". They show your son how to deal with temptation (which is not a sin, the action is). This was so helpful, I shared it with my husband right away. He agreed that this is a truly helpful way to approach this subject with our children, one that offers hope, and not condemnation!
In addition, they discuss ways to "Recover from a Fall". Maybe your child has already experienced a situation that left them wounded, they offer tried and true advice of how to get back in step and win the war!
The final chapter discusses "Guys and Girls" and discusses how guy/girl relationships can exist that are pure. I LOVE that these authors write from a place of experience - they offer a realistic approach that really works in families just like ours. They offer hope and healing.
From cover to cover - it is encouraging, exhorting and equipping! I love the last lines...
You will want to read this one!
Other members of the Crew are reading - No Longer Little: Parenting Tweens with Grace and Hope
This softcover paperback book is 95 pages with 8 easy-to-read chapters. It is also available in audiobook format if you prefer to listen instead, one warning - you will not want to listen with younger children as the topics are discussed in complete honesty and detail.With 8 children myself, ages 21-9, I decided to read this book first. I was not disappointed. The Youngs have walked this path in parenting, and their real-life experience shows through. The book is written directly to your son, but - I do recommend reading it first so that you can be prepared for discussion.
In "Sex was God's Idea" - the authors frankly address the biology behind our sexuality, including an explanation of changes that are occurring to their bodies, and an explanation of the act of sex. All of this is tastefully and respectfully done. This is a great resource for you if you are the one to give "The Talk" to your child. If you are intimidated in giving this talk, you could read this part together. My husband wishes he had this resource for our first couple of sons!
The rest of the book deals specifically with challenges that are encountered as you grow to keep your heart and mind pure. I love that throughout this book Scripture is referred to, it's not the author's perspective - it's God's perspective. Sex is a wonderful gift, from a loving Creator. Satan is the enemy that has tried to steal it. Each chapter ends with a short, bullet-pointed Summary of the main points... you can tell they have sons!
They offer practical help for struggling with temptation - they call it the "5 Point Defense". They show your son how to deal with temptation (which is not a sin, the action is). This was so helpful, I shared it with my husband right away. He agreed that this is a truly helpful way to approach this subject with our children, one that offers hope, and not condemnation!
In addition, they discuss ways to "Recover from a Fall". Maybe your child has already experienced a situation that left them wounded, they offer tried and true advice of how to get back in step and win the war!
The final chapter discusses "Guys and Girls" and discusses how guy/girl relationships can exist that are pure. I LOVE that these authors write from a place of experience - they offer a realistic approach that really works in families just like ours. They offer hope and healing.
From cover to cover - it is encouraging, exhorting and equipping! I love the last lines...
You will want to read this one!
Other members of the Crew are reading - No Longer Little: Parenting Tweens with Grace and Hope
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