Raising Boys: Why Boys are Different – and How to Help Them Become Happy and Well-Balanced Men - Softcover

Biddulph, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0722536860 ISBN 13: 9780722536865

Publisher: Thorsons, 1998

Synopsis

Britain’s no. 1 favourite childcare author and family therapist, Steve Biddulph’s classic million copy bestseller

Boys need to be parented in a different way from girls with their own very special psychological and physical make-up. Home, society and education have failed boys badly – and these failures lead to unhappy men who cannot fully become happy, responsible, emotionally-confident adults.

It is essential that boys spend more time learning about manhood from their fathers. And through the teen years a boy ideally needs a male mentor outside his immediate family to teach him the best way to live. Without these things boys can turn to alcohol, drugs and despair and fail to grow up into feeling, responsible adults.

A book which gives good advice on: the stages of boyhood; how a mother teaches about life and love; how schools need to change to be made a good place for boys; testosterone and how it changes behaviour; how to be a good father; how to teach boys to have a caring attitude to girls and about sex.

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Review:

‘a mix of Billy Connelly and Dr Spock ... Steve Biddulph is a publishing phenomenon’ The Times

‘Steve’s advice is easy to follow – and more importantly, it works.’ BBC Family Life Magazine

‘When you find a guru willing to change his mind when evidence and humanity prompt, you rejoice. For me, Steve Biddulph – one of the most popular [parenting gurus] in the world, with four million books sold – is the man.’
Libby Purves, The Times

‘Biddulph... has a built-in feel good factor. Parenting books too often make one fell inadequate, but Biddulph’s left me refreshed and optimistic.’
The Express

‘Packed full of pithy wisdom on what it is to move from boyhood to manhood and how to help your (not-so) little one on his way.’
The Independent

From the Publisher:

Thought-provoking insights, personal stories and practical help!

How can we teach boys to be happy, confident and kind?
The three stages of boyhood, and how to make them go smoothly.
Testosterone! How it changes behaviour and what to do about it.
How boy's brains are different.
Understanding boy's vulnerabilities and how to overcome them.
How mothers teach boys about life and love.
The five essentials that fathers provide (and what to do if you're a single mum).
How to help boys learn a caring attitude to sex.
Sport – encouraging the right values in boys.
Eight major changes schools must make to be good places for boys.

Parents and teachers will find this a breakthrough book which changes their outlook on boys for the better, forever.

Everyone who has boys today is concerned for them. Everywhere we look, boys are having trouble with their lives. Parents want to understand better what makes boys tick, and how to help them be happy, loving and capable.

In Raising Boys, Steve Biddulph looks at the most important issues in

boys' development form birth to manhood – and discusses the warm, strong parenting and guidance that boys need. He brings his humour, honesty and practical knowledge of families to the vital task of raising our sons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorsons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0722536860
• ISBN 13: 9780722536865
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192