Becoming You for Boys: Everything You Wanted to Know About Growing Up!

This biblically-based guide is designed to help boys ages 8–12 navigate the physical, emotional, and spiritual changes of growing up.  

Becoming You for Boys is a comprehensive, Christ_centered guide designed to help preteen boys understand puberty, navigate emotional and social changes, and grow in wisdom and character. It blends science, practical advice, biblical truth, and gentle humor to make an often_awkward subject accessible and encouraging. 

Counselor Darby A. Strickland offers a trustworthy, gospel-shaped vision of growing up that goes beyond body changes to help boys grow in wisdom, love, and godliness. She helps kids see their changing bodies, emotions, and friendships as part of God’s good design. This book mixes science, Scripture, and whimsy to answer uncomfortable questions, build confidence, and point boys to their identity in Christ.   

• Encourages boys to embrace their God-given identity so they can grow in wisdom, strength and faith.  
• Can be read independently or with parents and is a valuable tool for fostering open communication and building a strong foundation of faith during these transformative years.  
• Includes an appendix for parents with conversation starters for talking to your son about his changing body and emotions and tips for when questions become awkward. 

“In a culture where conversations about puberty are often marked by confusion, embarrassment, or competing messages, this resource offers something far better—biblical wisdom, practical guidance, and genuine hope. With remarkable warmth and clarity, it equips parents to walk alongside their sons and daughters through one of life’s most significant seasons of change, and helps them see their developing bodies, not as something to fear or be ashamed of, but as a beautiful part of God’s good design.”
—Julie Lowe, Director of NextGen Counseling

“Winsomely written, with eye-catching graphics and illustrations, the Becoming You series on puberty and growing up by Darby Strickland is an informative, conversation-sparking resource. Darby highlights that puberty is a time for growth and maturation, not only bodily, but also spiritually. Parents and children nearing puberty will find it warm, down-to-earth, refreshingly honest, highly practical, and eminently Christ-centered.”
—Michael R. Emlet, Faculty and Counselor, Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF); author of Saints, Sufferers, and Sinners: Loving Others As God Loves Us

Format: Paperback