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Anyone who parents a boy or boys needs to read this book! I read it when my second boy was 9 months old, but I suggest you read it after your sonogram tells you you're having a boy! William Pollack has done some massive research on the "Boy Code" and how damaging it can be to hold your boys to this masculine code ("don't cry, don't be a sissy, don't play with dolls, etc"). It goes into some great depth about different kinds of fathers and mothers and helps open windows for certain behaviors. This book works not only if you're mothering boys, but is also extremely beneficial if you're fathering them. In our soceity, boys are held to the "Boy Code" so unknowingly by everyone. This book helps us as individuals to stop the stereotype! It makes us realize that if our boys want to play in the kitchen or change doll diapers, there is nothing wrong with that! Who as a mother doesn't want her husband to help with the kids and with dinner? Who as a father REALLY wants to be so distant from his children? William Pollack explains how it's beneficial to break the "Boy Code" and to start as parents. MUST READ!! This was recommended by Gavin De Becker in his book "Protecting the Gift"... also a must read!Read full review
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The book was purchased because it was needed for the college course - Psych 312 Child/Adolescent Development. I have not began to read the book, however, I do notice that it is quite large.
Good information for raising a teenaged son. This was purcahsed for a friend and so I have not actually read it myself.
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