Both books emphasize the importance of parents spending meaningful, quality time with their sons and daughters while creating an environment where open, honest, and respectful communication can thrive. They provide practical guidance to help parents support their children’s academic excellence, establish healthy boundaries around social media and electronic-device use, and remain actively engaged in their emotional, intellectual, and personal development.
A central theme in both books is the transformative power of positive affirmations. When boys and girls regularly speak positive, empowering truths about themselves—both privately and aloud—they begin to strengthen their self-esteem, confidence, resilience, and belief in their own potential. These daily declarations can help children develop a healthy self-image and equip them to face challenges with courage and determination.
Together, these books serve as a blueprint for raising extraordinary children—children who are confident, disciplined, compassionate, focused, and prepared to make a meaningful impact in the world.
Many parents do not have a clear vision for the kind of sons and daughters they hope to raise before their children are born. They may also overlook the importance of identifying and intentionally teaching the moral values that will guide their children throughout life. From the earliest years, parents should help their children understand the importance of looking ahead, setting goals, making wise decisions, and taking responsibility for their future.
In the demands of modern life, parents can become consumed by careers, responsibilities, and personal obligations. In the process, they may unintentionally lose sight of their children’s long-term development and the guidance they need to prepare for adulthood. Raising extraordinary children requires more than providing food, shelter, and education. It requires time, consistency, intentionality, patience, sacrifice, and an unwavering commitment to their growth.
These core values are the foundation of phenomenal parenting. Parents who invest in their children’s character, confidence, education, relationships, and future are not simply raising successful individuals—they are shaping extraordinary human beings who are prepared to lead, serve, and positively influence the world around them.
Raising Boys Into Extraordinary
Young Men
“Raising Boys Into Extraordinary Young Men”, is Dr. Monica Hawkins’ first book that is a blueprint to help parents raise their sons to be articulate, self-confident, intelligent, and extraordinary young men and leaders. Pathways are discussed that will help build self-confidence in young boys, as well as the importance of encouraging them to be assertive enough so that they will go after whatever it is they want to do in their lives.
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Raising Girls Into Extraordinary
Young Women
“Raising Girls Into Extraordinary Young Women”, is Dr. Monica Hawkins’ second book that is a blueprint for parents to raise daughters who are articulate, self-confident, intelligent, and extraordinary young women and leaders. Shaping a girl’s mindset is also discussed, along with how essential it is for them to be self-confident throughout their lives.
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Both books discuss the importance of parents spending quality time with their sons and daughters, and how to foster open communication with them. The books discuss ways for parents to help their sons and daughters achieve academic excellence and the need to control their social media and electronic use. The importance of young boys and girls repeating “positive affirmations” that they believe about themselves, both to themselves and out loud, is essential to help them build their self-esteem. These two books are ultimately the blueprint to raising extraordinary kids!
Some parents do not have a clear vision in mind for their sons and daughters before they are born, and the moral values needed to raise them. It is so important that once children are born, parents teach them to look ahead in life by always setting goals for themselves. Many times, parents are “too busy” with their careers – and ultimately their lives that they forget to think about their children’s future and how to help them plan for it. Raising children to be extraordinary takes lots of time, effort, AND sacrifice! These core values are what truly make phenomenal parents!
