CONTENTS

Introduction: A Testimony

1: Why This Book?

2: Understanding What Respect Looks Like to Boys

3: A Game Plan: Mom G.U.I.D.E.S. with Respect

4: Seeing the Man in the Boy: His Six Desires: C.H.A.I.R.S.

5: Conquest: Respecting His Desire to Work and Achieve

6: Hierarchy: Respecting His Desire to Provide, Protect, and Even Die

7: Authority: Respecting His Desire to Be Strong and to Lead and Make Decisions

8: Insight: Respecting His Desire to Analyze, Solve, and Counsel

9: Relationship: Respecting His Desire for a Shoulder-to-Shoulder Friendship

10: Sexuality: Respecting His Desire for Sexual Understanding and “Knowing”

11: An Empathetic Look at the Motherly Objections to Respecting a Boy

12: Forgiveness

Appendix A: A Quick Start: For Those Who Feel Pressed for Time

Appendix B: A Checklist: Apply G.U.I.D.E.S. to His Six Desires: C.H.A.I.R.S.

Appendix C: Daughters, Adult Women, and Mommy Issues

Appendix D: Tell Us Your Story

Appendix E: Emerson’s 21 Days of Inspiration in Applying the Respect Message

Bonus Chapter: “The Real Reason to Parent God’s Way” from Love & Respect in the Family

Acknowledgments

Notes

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