Praise for RRM

“Highly recommended” by
Church Libraries Journal
"Raising boys is not an easy task, but the Youngs talk about practical aspects of doing so and include a biblical worldview to face the challenges presented. Each chapter includes notes. The content includes financial training, culture, being polite in a masculine manner, work, Christian male role models, and even choosing a college. The Youngs are…
Building Cathedrals says Raising Real Men has “much good advice, friendly humor and biblical wisdom.”
"The day I received an email from Melanie and Hal Young was probably like any other day with 3 young boys. Except that the commonplace falls, bumps and bruises of this particular day necessitated our first ER visit (I know, not too bad in 9 combined years of little boyhood). "Would you be interested in…
Raising Real Men is “highly recommended” by Christian Book Notes
Introduction Hal and Melanie Young have six sons and two daughters—the six boys came first. Their children range from 2 years old to out of high school. They speak on parenting, educating your children and family policy issues among other subjects. You can read more about their ministry at RaisingRealMen.com. Summary Divided into two parts,…
Michelle Padrelanan Reviews Raising Real Men in the Phillipines: Is it applicable to Filipino families?
My husband and I have 3 daughters and one son. When I was still pregnant with our son, I wondered what a baby boy will look like. I imagined that a baby is a baby is a baby. I mistakenly thought that a baby boy and a baby girl won’t have that much of a…
“Written with heart, humor, insight …” – Phil Downer
“Hal and Melanie Young truly have done parents everywhere a tremendous service.  Raising Real Men is a powerful parenting guide written with heart, humor, insight, and years of time-tested experience.  Each page offers stories, suggestions, and biblical applications that will practically equip you for the tremendous challenge and privilege of raising your own sons into…
Raising Real Men is highly recommended by Teaching Good Things!
Kathy Brodock of Teaching Good Things says: Raising Real Men should be a regular bed-side read.  It’s practical advice on raising godly young men was such a great reminder!  Mothers, particularly, need to read this book.  There is so much we need to understand about our boys’ differences, and understanding those differences is crucial to their growth…
“I recommend you get this book if you have sons,” says Tina Brown
I was given this book, Raising Real Men, by the authors Hal & Melanie Young in exchange for my honest review. As I have been reading this book, I have been so very encouraged to allow my boys to take risks and adventures and not be over "motherly" in protecting them. As I was reading…
“If you only read one book about raising boys…”
A new review this morning! From Wendy & her Lost Boys, by Angie, a mother of five boys: As I mentioned last week, I’ve been reading Raising Real Men: Surviving, Teaching, and Appreciating Boys by Hal and Melanie Young. I finished it yesterday, and plan to read it again after Larry gets a turn. Put…
Teaching Our Own in Singapore: “A Treat and an Eye-Opener”
Teaching Our Own, a blog by Angie Maniam-Ng in Singapore published this fantastic review of Raising Real Men: Raising Real Men is so HOT OFF THE PRESS that the copyright on the book is 2010!  We have just brough in a whole case of this book because it was such a good read and we…
Tedd Tripp, author of Shepherding a Child’s Heart, says Raising Real Men is “a breath of fresh air”!
God created man male and female, people who are sexually differentiated. Our culture has spent the past thirty years in denial of that reality, thus, Hal and Melanie Young's Raising Real Men is long overdue. This book manages to be a bold corrective to the feminization of boys and men in our culture, without simply…