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Trouble With Boys: A Surprising Report Card On Our Sons, Their Problems At School, And What Parents And Educators Must Do (2014)

by Peg Tyre(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1299130097 (ISBN13: 9781299130098)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Harmony

review 1: The book shows you how boys in the society are trailing behind girls. Badly. Especially since the girls got a lot of attention to catch up to boys and achieve their dreams. Boys are falling behind because they are measured on what girls are good at such as being neat and organized. This book made me realize that I need to temper my expectations for my 4th grade boy and recognize his natural tendencies and respect that. I would be disappointed when my son picked up yet another copy of Captain Underpants. Now, I know to step back.
review 2: Interesting food for thought on many topics touching on males and education. I quite enjoyed the beginning and middle, although my conclusion at the end is that she falls into the trap she criticizes other authors for f... morealling into: chalking too much up to nature and innate biological differences. For example, maybe fine-motor skills are something that boys struggle with more--but is it the parent and educator's duty to accept that as an unchangeable fact of life or is their duty to give them opportunities to practice activities like writing, drawing, painting, whittling, assembling models with tiny parts, playing musical instruments with fingering requirements, etc., so that they build their motor skills until there is no noticeable gender difference? The end chapters feel a bit more rushed through and seem to lack the detail and multiple perspectives present earlier in the book, so perhaps that is what I am reacting to. less

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