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Strong and Smart: A Boy's Guide to Building Healthy Emotions

by David Thomas

A workbook for understanding big feelings

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A workbook for understanding big feelings

David Thomas’s workbook approaches boys’ emotional growth from a biblical perspective, addressing feelings such as sadness, loneliness, anger, and fear. Relatable stories introduce ideas, while writing and drawing prompts and simple exercises invite boys to work through them. The book is designed for elementary-age boys across a range of reading levels; the publisher suggests that adults read aloud with younger children and help clarify concepts while letting the child take the lead. Its combination of reflection and practical activities makes emotional understanding the central subject, with strength, tenderness, loyalty, and love among the qualities it names.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Elementary-age boys learning to identify and work through strong emotions
  • Younger boys who may benefit from reading and discussing the workbook with a caring adult
  • Families seeking a Christian-perspective resource with writing, drawing, and hands-on exercises

Themes

Emotional awarenessWorking through difficult feelingsChristian perspectiveStrength and tendernessFamily support

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Book overview

"This book helped me know what to do when I am feeling sad or mad or scared."--Ezra

To Parents and Other Caring Adults--
This workbook was created primarily to help elementary-age boys understand themselves better and learn how to work through overwhelming emotions--all from a biblical perspective. This age group spans a lot of reading levels, so with younger boys especially, it's best to read it out loud with him and clarify concepts as needed. Let him take the lead, though.

Your boy will learn for himself what it takes to be strong and smart, tough and tender, loyal and loving through

● relatable stories
● writing and drawing prompts
● easy exercises

To Boys--
Everyone knows you're already strong and smart, like the title of this workbook. School and exercise help develop your brain and body. But did you know it's also important to have strong and smart emotions? That's why David Thomas wrote this book. To help you when you feel sad, lonely, or angry.

Also available from David Thomas! Raising Emotionally Strong Boys, a companion book that provides more in-depth information and strategies for parents and educators.
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