Kirk Smith explains in this video that parents can be guilty to confuse the world's definition of masculinity and femininity with what the Bible says about the same. The Bible provides many descriptions and examples of what a man and a woman look like and how they act. Parents need to bring their children to Scripture.

Genesis 1:27 (NKJV) - "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them."

I think sometimes we parents are guilty of trying to wed the world's definitions into the words definition. What do I mean by that? Well, take for example if I would say there's a guy over here, he's a big hairy guy, he's a hunter. We would think, well that's a man's man. If we compare him to this other guy who was very smooth skinned, had very soft hands and liked to hang out with his mom in the kitchen we would say he's a sissy or a mama's boy.

Is that what the scriptures say? Because let's give a name to that hairy hunter let's call him Esau and let's call the mama's boy the sissy Jacob. Which one did God use to fulfill his purpose to Israel? I trust that makes sense. Sometimes we think this is really masculine, biblically masculine, when in fact this other definition is.

So we behoove us as parents to look at the Word of God to get a real sense of biblical and masculine roles because that's important to teach our kids because some of our kids might be more of an inside personality rather than an outdoor hunter and if so he needs to be validated in his masculinity. The same thing can be true with a woman. Think about Ruth. Ruth worked like a man outside. She worked hard.

I used to glean corn for livestock when I was younger. It's hard dirty work and Ruth did that on a consistent basis to make money for her and her mother-in-law Naomi. Yet she also knew how to dress up like a lady to present herself to Boaz. So we must understand as parents to make sure that the gender roles that we share with our kids are biblical roles and not the world's definitions instead.