Richard Rupp, M.Div., MFT
psychotherapist, author, speaker
individual, pre-marital, & marriage counseling in
Pasadena, CA
“When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.”
I Cor. 13:11
How parents can raise their boys into
great Christian men, husbands and fathers.
Every boy’s destiny is to become a man. Yet millions of boys are growing up to be nothing more than older boys, mama’s boys or play boys—and the result has been disastrous on marriages and families. The pre-requisite for successful marriages and fatherhood is mature and responsible manhood. But in a gender-agnostic culture that no longer knows or cares what it means to “be a man,” how can boys become men anymore? This conference gives parents and churches the practical answers they need to raise boys into Christian manhood. Mothers will learn what boys really need from their moms, and fathers will learn what they need to be great men themselves.
Topics include:
How Our Peter Pan Culture Keeps Boys from Growing Up
The Real Differences between Boys and Men
The Crucial Differences between Mothering and Smothering Your Sons
What Boys Need from Fathers to Become Men
What to Teach Boys about Sex and Love
A Christian Rite of Passage from Boyhood to Manhood
Class Outline
Raising Boys into Christian Manhood
Rick Rupp, M.Div., MFT
Course can also be taught as one day or half day conference
Class One What Boys Need From Mothers to Become Men
The Different Needs of Sons and Daughters
The Crucial Differences between Mothering and Smothering
Why Mama’s Boys and Eunuchs Can’t Become Men
Modeling a Good Femininity
Class Two What Boys Need from Fathers.
The Epidemic of American Fatherlessness
Boys and their Dads: Reflections on the Man in the Mirror
How Fathers Help Separate Boys from their Mothers
Blessing Your Son
Class Three What to Teach Boys about Sex.
The Goal: To become the World’s Greatest Husbands and Lovers
The Difference between Play Boys and Committed Men
Male Sexual Nature and Masculine Self-Control