Masterminds & wingmen : helping our boys cope with schoolyard power, locker-room tests, girlfriends, and the new rules of Boy World

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Masterminds & wingmen : helping our boys cope with schoolyard power, locker-room tests, girlfriends, and the new rules of Boy World

Title remainder

helping our boys cope with schoolyard power, locker-room tests, girlfriends, and the new rules of Boy World

Statement of responsibility

Rosalind Wiseman

Title variation

Masterminds and wingmen

Creator

• Wiseman, Rosalind, 1969-

Subject

• Parent and teenager
• Teenage boys -- Psychology

Language

eng

Summary

Here is a landmark book that reveals how boys think, showing parents, educators, and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common yet difficult challenges. Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to encounter evasive assurances like "It's nothing"? Do you sense that the boy you care about is being bullied, but that he'll do anything to avoid your "help?" Have you watched with frustration as your boy flounders with girls? Welcome to Boy World: a place where asking for help or showing emotional pain often feels impossible. Where sports and video games can mean everything, but working hard in school frequently earns ridicule. Where hiding problems from adults is the ironclad rule. Boy World is governed by social hierarchies and a powerful set of unwritten rules that have huge implications for your boy's relationships, his interactions with you, and the man he'll become. If you want what's best for him, you need to know what these rules are and how to work with them effectively.--From publisher description

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

649.132

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction