Book Review

We've been searching lately for books to provide the boys as they enter these wonderful adolescent years that will help them understand what it truly means to be a man. Not sure if I quite worded that right but it will have to do. Finding these books from a Christian perspective is hard enough. Finding them from a Catholic perspective is even harder. But I have finally managed to find a book that fits. It discusses everything we'd want to cover from vocations, virtues, the dignity of life, custody of the eyes around girls (very important one there), preparing yourself to provide for your family so your wife can stay home with the kids, chivalry, Catholic organizations and ones that are not, cooking, hygiene, building a prayer life and more. This book does not discuss sexuality in any real detail since those discussions should always come from Mom and Dad but it does discuss so much more. If you will have preteen boy soon, I suggest reading the book All Things Guy. I would say it is meant for the 10 to 13 range as an older child would likely feel the book talks down to them a bit (seriously, how many times must you refer to someone as dude in one book). This book also has a companion series for girls, All Things Girl. The girls' series is much more in depth and has I believe 5 different books covering various topics. I am hoping that the publishers will come out with more books for the guys side of things in the near future. These books get a definite thumbs up around here.