C. Lynn Williams who writes books on parenting talked to Lon Woodbury and Liz McGhee on L.A. Talk Radio about the distinct dynamics between mothers and sons. She covered how this dynamic was rather different from a father's relationship with his son or a mother's relationship with her daughter.
The host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, Lon Woodbury, is an Independent Educational Consultant and publishes the popular Woodbury Reports. He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. Co-Host Liz McGhee, the Director of Admissions for Sandhill Child Development Center, New Mexico, has more than 19 years of clinical, consulting and referral relations experience with adolescents.
Guest Background
C. Lynn Williams is a parenting coach, an educator and an author who holds a Masters in Business Administration from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Besides teaching parenting skills in educational and corporate environments, she is passionate about empowering parents and teens to build fulfilling relationships. She is an author, wife and mother of four adult children. She has authored three books on parenting: one on how parents can keep their sanity while raising teens, one on raising sons, and one on raising daughters.
How Mothers and Sons Can Build a Positive, Respectful, and Loving Relationship
Williams did not really expect to write again about parenting after she finished, "Trying to Stay Sane While Raising Your Teenager." Nonetheless, during her educational work, she kept running into mothers and sons that did not get along and ended up researching and writing about their unique and special bond. The result was: "The Pampered Prince: Moms Develop a TERRIFIC Relationship with Your Son."
Williams talked about how parenting differed between mothers and fathers and stressed how a male role model is important to help young boys mature. She stressed that mothers have to create a sense of discipline by following through on consequences when their son rebelled and did not do chores or follow directions. By comparison, father's had a much easier time imposing orders since boys reacted much better to direct orders instead of explanations.
Williams also reviewed exactly how befriending youngsters is detrimental to reliable parenting. Moms and dads needed to pick between the role of a parent and the role of a pal. Giving children things did not necessarily win them over and did not make them more obedient.
She compared the relationship between fathers and sons and mothers and daughters, how it was easier for fathers to relate to sons and mothers to relate to daughters because they were familiar with how to relate to the same gender.
The mothers and sons interview provided many parenting tips, like learning love languages, being readily available, creating boundaries, and improving interaction. Williams also discussed the value of parenting based on the age of the child, the challenge of raising millennial youngsters, the value of keeping family dinner traditions, and some efficient means of combating the influence of any kind of unfavorable peer groups.
The host of Parent Choices for Struggling Teens, Lon Woodbury, is an Independent Educational Consultant and publishes the popular Woodbury Reports. He has worked with families and struggling teens since 1984. Co-Host Liz McGhee, the Director of Admissions for Sandhill Child Development Center, New Mexico, has more than 19 years of clinical, consulting and referral relations experience with adolescents.
Guest Background
C. Lynn Williams is a parenting coach, an educator and an author who holds a Masters in Business Administration from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. Besides teaching parenting skills in educational and corporate environments, she is passionate about empowering parents and teens to build fulfilling relationships. She is an author, wife and mother of four adult children. She has authored three books on parenting: one on how parents can keep their sanity while raising teens, one on raising sons, and one on raising daughters.
How Mothers and Sons Can Build a Positive, Respectful, and Loving Relationship
Williams did not really expect to write again about parenting after she finished, "Trying to Stay Sane While Raising Your Teenager." Nonetheless, during her educational work, she kept running into mothers and sons that did not get along and ended up researching and writing about their unique and special bond. The result was: "The Pampered Prince: Moms Develop a TERRIFIC Relationship with Your Son."
Williams talked about how parenting differed between mothers and fathers and stressed how a male role model is important to help young boys mature. She stressed that mothers have to create a sense of discipline by following through on consequences when their son rebelled and did not do chores or follow directions. By comparison, father's had a much easier time imposing orders since boys reacted much better to direct orders instead of explanations.
Williams also reviewed exactly how befriending youngsters is detrimental to reliable parenting. Moms and dads needed to pick between the role of a parent and the role of a pal. Giving children things did not necessarily win them over and did not make them more obedient.
She compared the relationship between fathers and sons and mothers and daughters, how it was easier for fathers to relate to sons and mothers to relate to daughters because they were familiar with how to relate to the same gender.
The mothers and sons interview provided many parenting tips, like learning love languages, being readily available, creating boundaries, and improving interaction. Williams also discussed the value of parenting based on the age of the child, the challenge of raising millennial youngsters, the value of keeping family dinner traditions, and some efficient means of combating the influence of any kind of unfavorable peer groups.
About the Author:
Learn more about Lon Woodbury on Struggling Teens. He has recorded the entire interview on his weekly L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.