Product reviews

A really interesting book, easy to dip into and very readable. It should be read by all primary school teachers who have ever moaned about boys!

A good start to addressing the needs of boys.

They need to be physically challenged in positive activities

Football and play stations are not the answer

Boys play outside using there own imagination

There are a few gems in this much hyped book (such as an insight into the amount of testosterone small boys have in their bodies, which can lead to them being very active - a great insight) - but my copy was soon donated to a charity shop. I just did not like the prose. I read the book from cover to cover, but it was hard going. Wanted a few more helpful facts. Boys can be difficult and I didn't find this book helped to point the way to solve my own problems.

i read this before i had my baby, but after i found out i was having a boy. i don't believe in strict gender divisions, and was a little disappointed to find this book adhered to the easy and lazy idea of boys being different to girls per se. i guess it sells books! saying that, i have a lot of respect for Steve Biddulph and now i find myself with such a boysy boy, maybe i will read it again!

""Sensibly written with excellently researched advice on what makes boys boys and how to encourage and nurture them as they grow into young men." "Very comprehensive and thought provoking with compassionate and insightful explanations of challenging' behaviour." "I didn't like the comments about mothers "needing" to be at home until the child was three but I was happy to pick and choose what worked for me." "Fascinating insights into what makes boys tick." "You many not agree with all of it, but there are enough gems of wisdom to make up for that." "Essential reading if you have a boy."