In its better to build boys than mend men truett cathy lays out a simple model for adults desiring to reach out to youth and challenges readers to allow god to work through them to change the life of a child his book is filled with stories illustrating the principles of discipline trust reputation generosity common sense peer pressure and family stability readers who follow their hearts into childrens lives will find that their own lives are enriched as well. The idea is that building strong males from the get go is better than having to try to fix men who had messed up childhoods and made poor choices for them selves as adults. Its better to build boys than mend men cathy truett isbn 9781929619207 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. How do you encourage boys you talk about in your book its better to build boys than to mend men how do parents build boys by encouragement truett well encouragement has been right by what you do parents are the prime example but you know words of correction are good but even better than that words of encouragement among the employees that work for you its easy to find fault in your employees and what theyre doing wrong but you also want to find them doing something right and . The ranch motto its better to build boys than to mend men is just as relevant in our society today as it was in 1950 rodeheaver boys ranch does not receive any government money and functions as a residential childcare facility providing total care for the boys who make the ranch their home