Before we ever knew it was a hotly debated issue in the church, my husband and I decided to keep our children in the church service with us. We started attending a little country church with our 8 and 10 year old. They stayed right beside us, worshiping and listening to the sermon.

By the time our older kids were young teens, we had a baby boy (and another on the way). I sat in the service of our large local church with my kids and let my baby play in the pew with quiet toys. By the time our younger boys were about 15 months, we had them in the nursery. I went with them much of the time. But from the ages of three and four on, the boys sat with us through a weekly church service and then spent another service with me in the children’s Sundays School.

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Moms of boys, our culture does not love men. And our culture certainly doesn’t love the plan the Lord has for men–the way He designed them, and the position they are meant to hold in the family and in society. Men are meant to be protectors, to be fierce warriors for good, and to be strong proponents of the Gospel. They’re meant to stand up for what’s right, to lead their families, and to stand in the gap for the downtrodden.

Yet, our culture attacks men at all angles. These attacks are leveled beginning in boyhood, when young men are most vulnerable. Schools are designed for more docile girls, gender roles are refused and scoffed at, soft and hard-core porn assault boys at every turn, and our culture refuses to even acknowledge that men are different from women in any way. This assault on manhood has been occurring for generations, but it’s at a fevered pitch right now. (The assault on women is another post for another time.)

The Challenge Moms of Boys Face…. Continue reading