A Mother’s Impact on Her Son. What ways does a mother impact her son and how can she develop a healthy relationship with him.
Mothers have a profound impact on her children no matter their gender. The mother-son relationship is no different. There are many unique things a mother teachers her son and varied ways she impacts his life and the way he treats others as an adult.
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Men are what their mothers made them.” Mothers know their children best. Mothers teach literally and through example. Mothers set the tone and climate of the home.
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1-A mother is often the teacher of emotional intelligence
When a mom talks with her son routinely and helps him understand his feelings and the possible feelings of others, she has a great impact for helping the son grow up to be a person who is attuned to the feelings of others. This means your son will learn how to have empathy and sympathy from you.
2-A mother is often the teacher of communication
I started mothering with a son. He is not, by nature, a chatty person. I have to be creative and patient to get him talking. Having a daughter right after has always been a sharp, stark contrast. I get all the details from Kaitlyn. I hear more about Brayden’s day from Kaitlyn than I do from Brayden. I work to teach him how to communicate and why we communicate. I talk about the real details of communication.
3-A mother is a huge contributor to teaching a son how to treat women
I believe this really falls on both parents. The father can be an example, but the mother needs to set the stage of expectations. The son will recognize what the mother expects in terms of how women should be treated. A mother can teach her son how to treat women, but even more powerful is the way a mother commands to be treated.
4-A mother impacts who her son will look for in marriage
When looking for a spouse, we often look at our parents, for better or worse. We might look for someone just like our opposite-sex parent or we might want to avoid certain traits. A mother has a strong influence over the type of woman her son will seek to marry some day. This has a generation impact as the mother of the grand children will strongly influence how they are raised.
5-A mother impacts the way her son views manhood
While sons will look to their fathers to see how to behave, they can go the opposite way of their father if that is nurtured by the mother. Do you want your son to be a husband who helps his wife? Raise him to be so. Do you want your son to be a husband who is kind, sensitive, and patient? You can breed those traits in him.
Never discount your ability to impact your children. Mothers have powerful influence over children that cannot be beat. Take that responsibility seriously as you guide your children through their growing years and allow them to flourish in their adult years.
See also:
A Mother’s Impact on Her Daughter