Growing Up God's Way for Boys

I had ordered another recommended Christian series that read more like Masters and Johnson for teens. I understand every parent has to choose what is right for their child, but those books were unnecessarily graphic in my opinion. So I began to searching for something that I felt was more age appropriate, simple, easy to read, and incorporated moral choices. This book was perfect. It is very age appropriate, although some of the content may not be suitable for a nine or ten year-old (although the reading level is probably fourth grade). Age 11 and up can easily handle this content, and in some ways I wish it were a little more detailed for the 11-13 age range. It is hard to find a book with just the right amount of detail, but overall I was thankful I found this book. It is a great start. Of course, read the book first, but I think compared to most of the similar books on the market, this one is tactful, conservative, and fairly watered down. Two things to note for those concerned about graphic content: there is one paragraph on intercourse that is pretty straight forward, as well as a page on erections and wet dreams. FYI.

The bad: it has faint nods towards a woman's role being the old cook, clean, raise the kids, but not so much that I felt it was worth even noting with my son. The good: our son is going into third grade. For those saying good for thirteen and up, your kids know more than you're realizing! If you want to be the authority on this topic, you need to talk with them before their friendsention anything if at all possible. We did it based on psychologists recommending talking with kids two years before you think they'll hear about it because that's when their friends will over share. We let our son read up until the dating portion. We gave him sticky notes to mark where he had questions and then we discussed all of those together after he read. It was wonderful. I loved how the book tied everything back to Biblical principles, especially as to why we keep the information and our bodies private and respectful.

I’m so glad I came across the other reviews of this book. It helped me decide to purchase it for my kid. I had purchased and returned a couple of books on this touchy subject and they were awful! They were too explicit and I did not feel comfortable letting my child see it. He is 11.5. This book on the other hand talks about puberty and all the things that go with it and it was very well written. It restated all of our beliefs as Christians. I can read this with my son without being uncomfortable. I would highly recommend this book.

I bought this to read with my 9-year-old originally and we read it again just before the public school had a sex education class. I really appreciate the simplicity, the pictures and the descriptions in this book.

Great book for those going through puberty. My son liked this one and another we bought on here. He said this one was not as "fun" as the other book we bought because the other one was in a magazine like format

A great book for home education and health.

I loved everything about this book. It covered so many important topics that I hadn't thought about--like the fact that feeling squirmy when discussing puberty is God's way of reminding us that we need to be careful not only how we dress and act with these body parts, but even with how we think about them! Good point! Another great reminder was that boys and girls are different and that that's how God made us. In a society that is trying to blur genders and pretend there are no differences, I liked the fact that the authors used several examples to show that God made the genders different to complement one another. There were many other topics that only got a sentence or two but were just as valuable and make me wish the authors had another book for older teens that expanded on them!

I’m so thankful to have found something that teaches boys about their body and explains how to honor God! Our world already speaks so loud; having this as a homeschooling science and Bible tool is great!

Useful to educate boys in a Christian way about growing up.

Very well explained. Great info for kids. Beat part is that it references the bible. Very positive feedback from 3 mom's that have borrowed my book.

I bought this as it was recommended for me by a friend. My son read it with myself and my husband and was great to have as a starter in talking about puberty. We could talk a bit deeper about things we read. We decided to skip for now the part about intercourse as he didn’t show any interest in it and also I believe he doesn’t need all that information for now. I understand why some people didn’t like it for younger children, but you can’t fault the book for it. I wouldn’t read it with a 8 yo, but my 11 yo was ready for it and needed to discuss most of the stuff in it. My son also didn’t wanted to read the bit about the changes in girls. I found that it was great that it tackled also things about choices in adulthood. It was really good that it explains the feelings we will have, how you might fall in love and how to treasure that and not take for granted. It also described purity really nicely for children and how we are to protect that and keep it for our marriage. It was nice that it had drawing of how the reproductive system looks like, I wouldn’t have liked real images of it. I would recommend it to friends and also will use it for my other children too. I haven’t read other books on the topic but think this did the job for now.

Well presented and beautifully illustrated, this book gives age appropriate facts about puberty, marriage and sex all from the perspective of being wonderfully created by God. This book is a must for any parent of a boy aged 9-14 that wants their child to learn a Biblical perspective on growing up and relationships. I have looked at many books on this subject and this is definitely the best. My 11 year old son read it recently (we have already talked about the whole subject before) enjoyed reading it on his own and said he really enjoyed it.

Church kids face some unique challenges…Though surrounded by the things of God. This is the kind of book I would want to put into the hand of every parent for young children. Christian parents need to lead the way in their children’s lives when it comes to everything, especially their sexuality. The world is going to tell them about it so you need to tell them what God says about it. These books are a great place to start! Highly recommended.