4 Emotional Milestones Your Son Needs to Reach {Episode-171 with David Thomas}
Ep. 171. 4 Emotional Milestones Your Son Needs to Reach. With David Thomas
The importance of helping our sons develop healthy emotions.
This week and next I am sharing listener favorite-conversations with David Thomas that first aired nearly two years ago. David is a counselor at Daystar Counseling Center in Nashville, TN., and the author of several books. In these episodes we are drawing from his book: “Are Your Kids on Track: 12 Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Milestones Your Kids Needs to Reach.” David’s insights and experience from counseling are relatable and encouraging!
This week we are talking about 4 emotional milestones our sons need to reach, as well as the main stumbling blocks that get in the way. Next week we’ll tackle 4 social milestones. I think you’ll end this conversation with some new tools and inspiration to help make sure your son is on track emotionally!
NOTES:
Raising Boys and Girls Website
Raising Boys and Girls Podcast
All About Boys Podcast
BOOKS
Book: Are My Kids on Track: 12 Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach, by David Thomas, Sissy Goff, and Melissa Travathan
**New since this interview:
Raising Emotionally Strong Boys
Strong and Smart: A Boy’s Guide to Building Healthy Emotions (Workbook for boys)
{*David was on the podcast in episode 162 talking about these two books ^}
Also: Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys
How David categorizes boys’ developmental stages:
“Explorer” Stage: Birth- 4 years old.
“Lover” Stage: 5-8 years old.
“Individual” Stage: 9-11 years old.
“Wanderer” Stage: 13-17 years old.
“Warrior” Stage: 18-22 years old.
Emotional Milestones our sons need to reach.
(David expands on each of these in our conversation)
1. Vocabulary True emotional vocabulary. Boys need to be able to name feelings.
2. Perspective Regulate and categorize emotions. (think: scale 1-10)(Not everything is a ’10’)
3. Empathy Important for boys to learn to care about others.
4. Resourcefulness What to do with the emotions you experience. Self-regulation.
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More about David:
DAVID THOMAS, L.M.S.W., is the Director of Family Counseling at Daystar Counseling (daystarcounseling.com) in Nashville, TN, the co-author of eight books, including his newest book: Raising Emotionally Strong Boys, and Are My Kids on Track? The 12 Emotional, Social & Spiritual Milestones Your Child Needs to Reach. He is a frequent guest on national television and podcasts, including his own with Sissy Goff and Melissa Trevathan called Raising Boys and Girls, has been featured in publications like USA Today, and speaks across the country.
He and his wife, Connie, have a daughter, twin sons and a feisty yellow lab named Owen. You can follow him on social media at raisingboysandgirls and find the latest parenting resources at www.raisingboysandgirls.com.
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