Synopsis "Boy Lessons: What I’Ve Learned From my Sons (in English)"
"Raising boys is exhausting, confusing, infuriating . . . and absolutely awesome."In Boy Lessons: What I've Learned from My Sons, Jeff Johnson shares a secret about being a dad that he's learned along the way:When you're raising boys, you learn as much as you teach.Jeff and his wife, Sondi, helped their sons through everything from brotherly fights and irrational fears (clowns, thunder, off-brand toilet paper) to "promposals" and their first teenage jobs. From toddlerhood to that self-centered stage before they left for college, their sons, Thor and Rolf, had many lessons to learn—but every stage included plenty of unexpected lessons for their dad too.With this book of funny family stories, important lessons, and loving family moments, you'll have a front-row seat to the hard-earned wisdom Jeff has learned along the way. Other people's kids aren't as perfect as you think. Save the real battles for things that truly matter. Take conversations when they come (even at bedtime). Kids become frugal when money is scarce.Pray together whenever you can.Modern parenting in a digital world may have added challenges—but the struggles and joys that come along with being a dad to two rambunctious boys is as old as parenthood itself. While all boys are beautifully unique, in other ways, they are also predictably the same: all boys go through similar phases and challenges and cause their parents the same headaches and joys.Filled with reflections that are at once familiar and new, Boy Lessons will help you understand your sons better, put their behavior into sharper perspective, and be a better parent. About the Author Jeff Johnson is a graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC. He has worked as an employment attorney at Cargill, Inc. in Minnesota and at firms in Minneapolis and Chicago and served as founder and president of his own firm, providing mediation and investigation services to employers. He's a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, and he founded NorthStar Neighbor, a Minnesota nonprofit matching volunteers with seniors in need. He was the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor in 2014 and 2018.Jeff has spent much of the past thirty years learning firsthand the joys and challenges that raising boys can bring to an already full life. He's tutored boys in homeless shelters in Chicago, Washington, DC, and Minneapolis; coached them in baseball, football, and soccer; taught them in Sunday School and Confirmation classes; and, with his wife Sondi, raised two awesome sons, Thor and Rolf, to adulthood.
