Good Sons Don't Just Happen
Good Sons Don't Just Happen
Catherine Musco Garcia-Prats shares her adventure of raising ten sons from strong, successful and spirited boys into strong, successful, and spirited men—boys and men who are loving, respectful, responsible, well-educated, and faith-filled. Cathy motivates, encourages, and inspires moms through practical wisdom learned in the school of life. You will feel uplifted and confident as you embrace the awesome responsibility of providing the emotional, physical, intellectual, and spiritual tools a son needs to be successful in a challenging and demanding society. Acknowledge, appreciate, and celebrate along with Cathy that boys are boys!
Additional Information
ISBN: 978-0-9763294-1-1
Softcover: 240 pages
Published: 2009
About the Authors
Catherine (Cathy) Musco Garcia-Prats is a wife and mother, a former first grade teacher, an author, and motivational speaker. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University New Orleans. Cathy and her husband Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D., a practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine and Professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Ethics, have been married 45 years and are the proud parents of ten sons ranging in age from 43 to 25—from a pediatrician to a freshman in high school.
Cathy authored Good Sons Don’t Just Happen: Insights on Raising Boys from the Mother of 10 Sons. She co-authored with her husband Joseph the bestseller Good Families Don’t Just Happen and Good Marriages Don’t Just Happen. They lecture nationally and internationally, individually and as a couple, on parenting, family, marriage, and relationships.
Reviews
“Many thanks to Cathy Garcia-Prats for giving us another inside look at raising sons successfully. At a time when science is proving and people are remembering that boys are different, Cathy gives practical, personal advice to parents, especially moms, on helping boys become manly, competent, considerate men, whatever their personality. Her story demonstrates the perennial truth that personal fulfillment comes from loving and serving others and, when they are your sons, teaching them to love and serve others.”
—William J. Hogan, Jr., M.D., Houston Pediatrician
“This book is a gentle, loving conversation between the reader and the author about raising sons to become all that God has intended. Each time I read it my head keeps bobbing up and down and the smile stays on my face. Good Sons Don’t Just Happen has love all over and through it—Cathy’s and God’s. It is a gift.”
—Constance Clancy, LMSW, Coordinator, Parent Resource Services, Family Services of Greater Houston
“Cathy Garcia-Prats has rolled 237 collective years of childrearing experience under one cover. She provides an excellent, practical approach to raising sons to be respectful, responsible, caring men for the new millennium, reminding us that Good Sons Don’t Just Happen—it takes hard work. I highly recommend this book to all parents—it contains the recipe for successful parenting.”
—Ann Doyle Boehm, Dallas, TX, wife of Rodney and mother of 5 sons and a daughter