SuitabookBoys’ emotional lives
The book aims to chart the emotional terrain boys inhabit and speak directly to teenage boys about problems they face.
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Rosalind Wiseman - Author
This is a practical, direct guide to social and emotional questions teenage boys may encounter, combining discussion of boys’ emotional lives with advice about friendships, teasing, romantic attention and talking with parents.
Recognizing that boys' issues and problems have too long been ignored, Rosalind (a mother of two boys), decided to pull back the curtain on "Guy World", working collaboratively with middle-school and high-school boys for a period of two years to chart the emotional terrain that boys inhabit. But as she was working on her book for the boys' parents, Rosalind realized that teenage boys themselves are in desperate need of guidance. They need a book, The Guide, that speaks directly to them (in a boy-friendly format and in their language) about the problems they face every day: How do you get out of the friendzone (where girls refuse to take you seriously)? What;s the right way to react when getting made fun of? How do you talk to your parents so that they'll actually listen? With the help of hundreds of middle and high school aged boys, Rosalind has identified and answered the most pressing questions teenage boys have. --From publisher.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a practical, direct guide to social and emotional questions teenage boys may encounter, combining discussion of boys’ emotional lives with advice about friendships, teasing, romantic attention and talking with parents.
The book aims to chart the emotional terrain boys inhabit and speak directly to teenage boys about problems they face.
Notice how the book handles the idea of a ‘friendzone’ and its advice about being made fun of: does it encourage mutual respect and honest communication, or mainly present social success as the goal?
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