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Parenting: advice & issues

JUMP-STARTING BOYS

Cynthia Gill Pam Withers

Help Your Reluctant Learner Find Success in School and Life

JUMP-STARTING BOYS is the first book on the market that empowers parents, helping them reclaim the duties and rewards of raising their children and navigate the influences of school and media.

Everyone knows that boys are falling behind in education. Largely left out of the discussion are parents of boys, who are most aware that their bright, eager sons hit an invisible wall somewhere near age 8, after which they can become disengaged, discouraged, and disaffected. There are dozens of books on underachieving boys, but most parents and teachers brave enough to lift one off the shelf are instantly intimidated by the footnotes, graphs, case studies, and academic-speak addressed almost entirely to educators. What about the average guilt-ridden, frustrated mother or father of an underachieving boy? JUMP-STARTING BOYS is the first book on the market that empowers parents, helping them reclaim the duties and rewards of raising their children and navigate the influences of school and media. Filled with reassurance and support, the authors turn fear and guilt into can-do confidence. Through easy tips and action list sidebars, this is the most practical, readable book on the topic.

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Book Published 2013-08-01 by Viva Editions

Comments

For parents who want to be sensitive to the struggles in their boys’ lives, here are wise words from two parents who have been through the struggles and lived to tell the tale. Jump-Starting Boys is loaded with hints from the experts, but it never strays far from the experience of raising boys in a world that is less and less sensitive to their needs.

Pam’s books have wide appeal to boys and girls, to avid and reluctant readers, to teens and to younger children who are looking for a challenging high-interest book.

In an age when the culture of childhood is defined by digital screens, consumerist messaging, and cynically violent and sexualized media, Jump-Starting Boys provides sage advice on what parents can do to help kids – particularly boys – grow into responsible, happy, and well-rounded individuals. Encourage reading, help with homework, and limit screen time – these simple measures have proven effective time and again, as Pam Withers and Cynthia Gill show. A must read for parents, teachers, and anyone else concerned about children.

An excellent contribution to the existing body of literature, full of practical tips on how parents can help their sons achieve their best academically.