A Single Mom's Guide to Raising Black (Gentle) Men

De: Sanya Simmons

Narrado por: Sanya Simmons, Clayton "Tommy" Duffie, Matthew Duffie

Narrated by the author, with special contributions from her sons, A Single Mom's Guide to Raising Black (Gentle) Men is an impactful book that shows you how to persevere and ultimately raise young men who are confident, accountable, and capable of facing whatever life throws at them.

Throughout her book, author Sanya Simmons dives deeply into the real issues single moms face when raising Black sons. Full of practical tips and real-life examples, this book addresses a wide range of topics. This includes the role a mom plays in raising a man, educational challenges and stereotypes, talking to your son about sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, balancing parenting with your own needs, and much more. Written by a single mom for single moms, this is an authentic, matter-of-fact, and necessary book for women raising sons of all ages.

©2022 Sanya Simmons (P)2022 Sanya Simmons

I enjoyed this read

I like that the advice was very realistic and practical. I could really tell a lot of what she said. I’m gonna listen to this second time I have children, I have all boys and I need all the encouragement I can get, so that they can be strong man I know years to come.

What a wonderful book!

After 14 years of marriage, I found myself in the new roll of Single Mother. With my oldest daughter away at school I found myself alone struggling to give me son what I thought he needed. THANK YOU for sharing your story! I found it at the perfect time and now have such a broader perspective on how I CAN love, support, encourage and accept my son for who he is. Thank u!

Thank you

Great writing and thank you for sharing your story I especially enjoyed Tommy and Matthew’s expressions at the end to their wonderful mom

Relevant and useful

I appreciate you guidance as a mother from a perspective I will be in 20 years from now. Your vulnerability was important to me to help me understand that my path will be challenging and will help provide perspective along my journey. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Helpful but conflicting with biblical truth

This book started off strong and provided valuable insights for raising our black sons. I appreciated the author’s honesty, transparency, and the love she clearly has for her kids. As a fellow Christian, I was drawn to her approach to parenting with grace and truth; however, I struggled when the story shifted into affirming a lifestyle that, according to Scripture, does not align with biblical teaching.

I wholeheartedly agree that we are called to love others unconditionally just as Christ loves us. But love does not require us to compromise truth. We are all born with sin nature and proclivities we must surrender to God. That includes every area of our lives. sexuality included. While I respect her journey and how she chose to support her son, I believe the message could have more clearly distinguished between loving a person and affirming choices that go against God’s Word.

As believers, we are to deny ourselves, pick up our cross, and follow Christ. That doesn’t mean we love our children any less, it means we love them the way Christ loves: fully, sacrificially, and truthfully.

This book may still offer some practical wisdom to parents, but I encourage Christian readers to approach it with discernment and a strong foundation in biblical truth. I would have rated it much higher apart from the mentions above.