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________________ ‘Newberger is a wise and thoughtful writer. His advice is illuminating and thought-provoking. Anyone who has a young son or a nephew and wants to know what makes them tick could do much worse than leaf through the pages of this book.' - Yorkshire Post ________________ How should we bring up boys? How can we understand and get on better with them? Eli H. Newberger is one of America's most distinguished paediatricians and experts on family development, and brings decades of experience and insight to these vitally important questions. In Bringing Up Boys, he shows us how to nurture, encourage and celebrate the best in our sons and presents an agenda for action that every parent should read and use. The book includes vital sections on: *How to be a better parent - down-to-earth and easy-to-follow advice * Is there a male character? How it differs from that of girls * How to talk to boys - and why reading to them is all-important * How to give boys the vocabulary to let out their feelings from an early age * How to set limits * Crying and tantrums - how to deal with them * Sex, aggression and testosterone - how to navigate the troubled adolescent years

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A work of such potential value to all parents that in a way it's a shame it focuses on boys. Yet it's also understandable - as a paediatrician specialising in family violence, Newberger is all too aware of how male upbringing can go badly wrong, and how wanton behaviours can reflect extremes of a general disposition. This contribution (previously published as 'The Men They Will Become') to the genre dealing with 'the boy problem' highlights the ubiquitous effects of what Newberger calls 'a gender-polarising society', with an influential media which pays equal attention to sex and to disrespect for adults. He offers many insights into the moral issues inherent to the development of character, and emphisizes the importance of letting boys talk and vent feelings - especially negative ones - as an alternative to acting out, and of not labelling such expressions as wrong. He has an uncanny knack of offering novel perspectives on simple observations, leaving the reader muttering 'of course' when solutions to previously intractable problems suddenly become startlingly obvious. His advice is both empathic and practical, so his suggestions on discipline focus more on the conduct the parent is trying to instil than on the punishment threatened to enforce it, with central importance given to the preservation of love and respect. As he stresses, this requires continual awareness of the qualities the parent wishes to foster, together with modelling positive behaviour and attitudes - values can be caught as well as taught. Worthy of study by all parents. (Kirkus UK)

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Eli H Newberger, one of America's most distinguished paediatricians and experts on family development, brings decades of experience and insight to this vitally important subject. He teaches Paediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and Maternal and Child Health at Harvard School of Public Health. He also testifies in many high-profile court cases of family violence and has written the standard text in this field.

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