Comments on: The Knight and the Fable. http://www.themobsociety.com/2010/07/the-knight-and-the-fable/ Reaching the hearts of boys for the Gospel & preparing a generation of men to love the Lord Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth http://www.themobsociety.com/2010/07/the-knight-and-the-fable/comment-page-1/#comment-1932 Elizabeth Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:17:47 +0000 http://www.themobsociety.com/?p=282#comment-1932 Thank you for these wonderful suggestions! I had thought my newly 6 year old was too young for Narnia, but we started the first one yesterday and he is in thrall! (And so am I, all over again.) Thank you for these wonderful suggestions! I had thought my newly 6 year old was too young for Narnia, but we started the first one yesterday and he is in thrall! (And so am I, all over again.)

]]> By: Jana http://www.themobsociety.com/2010/07/the-knight-and-the-fable/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 Jana Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:59:45 +0000 http://www.themobsociety.com/?p=282#comment-1756 Great recommendations. I've written them all down and will be taking the list to the library tomorrow. I'm hoping to get some on CD that we can listen to in the car on a trip we will be going on next week. Much better than a DVD because Momma can listen too! At home I struggle with getting my boys to settle down every night long enough for me to even read them a story. We haven't tried a chapter book yet though so maybe that will hold their attention. I want them to be readers like I was/am so badly!!! Great recommendations. I’ve written them all down and will be taking the list to the library tomorrow. I’m hoping to get some on CD that we can listen to in the car on a trip we will be going on next week. Much better than a DVD because Momma can listen too! At home I struggle with getting my boys to settle down every night long enough for me to even read them a story. We haven’t tried a chapter book yet though so maybe that will hold their attention. I want them to be readers like I was/am so badly!!!
Jana´s last [type] ..Funny Face

]]> By: Kristen http://www.themobsociety.com/2010/07/the-knight-and-the-fable/comment-page-1/#comment-1747 Kristen Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:20:55 +0000 http://www.themobsociety.com/?p=282#comment-1747 Helpful, beneficial post, Sara Sophia! And yes, our knights need some good heroes to emulate, and you've listed some wonderful resources with quality characters! We are reading Swiss Family Robinson right now, and our whole family (boys and girls) are loving it. Your Five Little Peppers suggestion is new to me...I'll be looking that one up! Another series my boys love is called the DragonKeeper Chronicles by Donita K Paul. It is written in the style of Lewis and Tolkien and is wonderful. Great stories, daring adventures, quality heroes and eternal truths in each one. I highly recommend them! Thank you for this! Helpful, beneficial post, Sara Sophia!

And yes, our knights need some good heroes to emulate, and you’ve listed some wonderful resources with quality characters! We are reading Swiss Family Robinson right now, and our whole family (boys and girls) are loving it. Your Five Little Peppers suggestion is new to me…I’ll be looking that one up!

Another series my boys love is called the DragonKeeper Chronicles by Donita K Paul. It is written in the style of Lewis and Tolkien and is wonderful. Great stories, daring adventures, quality heroes and eternal truths in each one. I highly recommend them!

Thank you for this!
Kristen´s last [type] ..What a Girl Needs

]]> By: Michelle http://www.themobsociety.com/2010/07/the-knight-and-the-fable/comment-page-1/#comment-1738 Michelle Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:56:46 +0000 http://www.themobsociety.com/?p=282#comment-1738 Oh my Word! I am so glad to have recently joined Twitter if for no other reason but to find this site! I only have one boy sandwiched between two girls and I have been struggling with how to be the mom God wants me to be for him. That has been a constant prayer for me as he has some health issues both physically and emotionally/mentally. Also, it is hard to know what to do with our boys as we are doing "girly" things with our girls! We are also prayerfully considering adoption so we might be getting more boys! So many books and websites say the same things over and over: "The father is the one who has to do such and such with their boys so they will become....(Fill in the blanks here!) This advice, although true, does little to nothing to empower MOMS in the raising of godly young men! Many of us have husbands who work hard to provide for our families so we can stay home. Expectations about what they should be doing with our boys can be unrealistic and leave us feeling helpless! I look forward to seeing how God will work in your lives and mine to raise godly young men! God bless all you wonderful MOBS who have put so much into this website! Oh my Word! I am so glad to have recently joined Twitter if for no other reason but to find this site!

I only have one boy sandwiched between two girls and I have been struggling with how to be the mom God wants me to be for him. That has been a constant prayer for me as he has some health issues both physically and emotionally/mentally. Also, it is hard to know what to do with our boys as we are doing “girly” things with our girls!

We are also prayerfully considering adoption so we might be getting more boys!

So many books and websites say the same things over and over: “The father is the one who has to do such and such with their boys so they will become….(Fill in the blanks here!) This advice, although true, does little to nothing to empower MOMS in the raising of godly young men!

Many of us have husbands who work hard to provide for our families so we can stay home. Expectations about what they should be doing with our boys can be unrealistic and leave us feeling helpless!

I look forward to seeing how God will work in your lives and mine to raise godly young men! God bless all you wonderful MOBS who have put so much into this website!
Michelle´s last [type] ..Feeling Free So My Children Can Fly!

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.themobsociety.com/2010/07/the-knight-and-the-fable/comment-page-1/#comment-1728 Vanessa Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:55:43 +0000 http://www.themobsociety.com/?p=282#comment-1728 You aren't the only one who cries during the Narnia series. Blubbering mommy here too! A favorite of ours is "Dangerous Journey," an awesome children's version of "Pilgrim's Progress" with amazing illustrations. You aren’t the only one who cries during the Narnia series. Blubbering mommy here too! A favorite of ours is “Dangerous Journey,” an awesome children’s version of “Pilgrim’s Progress” with amazing illustrations.
Vanessa´s last [type] ..Redeem the Time

]]> By: Joanna @ Starving Student Survivor http://www.themobsociety.com/2010/07/the-knight-and-the-fable/comment-page-1/#comment-1724 Joanna @ Starving Student Survivor Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:22:33 +0000 http://www.themobsociety.com/?p=282#comment-1724 I recently started reading Little House in the Big Woods to my 3 year old. I thought he might be too young (it's our first chapter book), but it's been a big hit! I recently started reading Little House in the Big Woods to my 3 year old. I thought he might be too young (it’s our first chapter book), but it’s been a big hit!
Joanna @ Starving Student Survivor´s last [type] ..Mending by Hand

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