How to Raise a Boy

Over the past two decades there has been an explosion of new studies that have expanded our knowledge of how boys think and feel. In HOW TO RAISE A BOY psychologist, Michael Reichert, draws on his ...

Over the past two decades there has been an explosion of new studies that have expanded our knowledge of how boys think and feel. In HOW TO RAISE A BOY psychologist, Michael Reichert, draws on his decades of research to challenge age-old conventions about how boys become men.Reichert explains how the paradigms about boys needing to be stoic and "man like" can actually cause them to shut down, leading to anger, isolation and disrespectful or, even, destructive behaviour. The key to changing the culture lies in how parents, teachers and mentors help boys develop socially and emotionally. Reicher