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‘Raising Strong Boys and Repairing Broken Men’ – Family & Faith Magazine looks at parenting and more

Published:Monday | June 4, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Shelly-Ann Harris

'Raising Strong Boys and Repairing Broken Men' is the timely theme for this June's Father's Day edition of Family and Faith Magazine. Shorter than the previous documentary at 22 minutes, the June edition features impactful Christian men and their testimonies of faith, fatherhood and restoration.

In keeping with the theme, the documentary, which is sponsored by the Jamaica Broilers Group, provides godly advice on raising strong boys.

In the documentary, principal Robert Dixon asserts that, "Children spell love - T-I-M-E. We have to spend time with our children. For both my son and the children at school, I see my life as a foundation for these students."

The young principal advances that, "For my son, yes his foundation, his identity, is linked to me, to who I am and to who I am in Christ. but for my students who have no other foundation, who probably don't know their father, can I be that foundation for them? Can I be so secure in myself that they can build their life on who I am and what I stand for?"

The uplifting documentary also looks at how to repair broken men, the most admired men in their lives, and features what young boys love most about their dads.

President and founder of Family and Faith Magazine Shelly-Ann Harris thinks that turning the spotlight on boys and men is vital at this time.

"The data is showing us that in many ways we are failing our boys, and so we felt it was very important to focus on how to raise boys and restore broken men for our Father's Day edition, which balances our recent focus on women in the Easter edition that was released a couple months ago," Harris explained.

"We remain thankful to our loyal sponsor, the Jamaica Broilers Group, who has supported us on this journey of sharing impactful testimonies of faith that can serve to strengthen family life."