Published:1 September 2008
Format:Paperback 224 pp
Category:Parenting & Childcare
ISBN:9781876451974
Price:$26.95

Raising Boys (third edition)

Helping parents understand what makes boys tick

Steve Biddulph

A phenomenal bestseller across the world, Raising Boys has helped millions of parents to understand what makes boys tick, from birth right through to late teens.  In this easy-to-read book, Steve Biddulph shares powerful stories 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. This expanded and updated edition explores some important topics:  

  • How ADHD and other disorders 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 real-life situations, thought-provoking insights, humour and help!  Steve Biddulph, Australia's best-known family psychologist, has been changing how we look at children since the 1980s in countries as different at Brazil, Japan, Germany and the UK.

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Steve Biddulph

Steve Biddulph is Australia's best-known family therapist and parenting author. His books, including Raising Boys, Stories of Manhood, The New Manhood, The Secret of Happy Children and The Making of Love, are popular all over the world.

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