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Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys

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

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Steve Biddulph’s Raising Boys

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A word of mouth bestseller which has become one of the best loved and most successful books in the parenting field.

In this expanded and updated edition, Steve Biddulph shares and gives practical and honest advice to parents so they can recognise the different stages of boyhood and learn how to raise happy, confident and kind young men.

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.

While it is essential that boys spend more time learning about manhood from their fathers, Biddulph upadates his classic to include helpful information for mothers and single mothers with baby boys.

This extended edition explores some important topics:
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• How ADHD may be caused by stress in the first year of life.
• Whether boys should start school later than girls.
• Help for single mothers raising sons.
• How to choose a sport that does more good than harm.
• What we can do about boys and binge drinking.
• What science can tell us about teenage boys and driving – and how we can keep our sons safe.

Raising Boys offers parents real-life situations, thought-provoking insights, humour and help.

Child Psychology Children's Studies Developmental Psychology Infants & Toddlers Parenting & Families Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships School-Age Children Social Sciences Mental Health Health Happiness

Critic reviews

‘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

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I am very happy to have listend to this book. I have recieved important guidence in raising a boy and helpes me emprove my mothering skills for sure. Great listen and an emotional touch for me.

Great book

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Very informative book with lots of stories and and how to deal with and handle situations when raising boys. I will definitely recommend this book to every parents who have boys.

Great book

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My wife asked me to read this and I loved it! It helps understand a lot of mysteries and get through more tense and difficult moments in which your boy's frustration adds on to yours. Am going to be reading this again soon enough I'm sure!

Loved the tips and the enlightenment

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So really good tips about raising boys, especially good for first time parents. I will be revisiting this book as my boys grow up.

Well worth a listen

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Great insight into working with boys and girls.

I hope to share this with parents this week.

It is great to have the author read it.

Soo useful

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