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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459360203321

Autore

Wilson Gary B

Titolo

Help your boys succeed [[electronic resource] ] : the essential guide for parents / / Gary Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London] ; ; New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2008

ISBN

1-282-87726-7

9786612877261

1-85539-663-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (111 p.)

Collana

Help your child succeed

Disciplina

649/.132

Soggetti

Boys

Success in children

Self-esteem in children

Child rearing

Parenting

Parent and child

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The barriers to boys' achievement and how parents can help boys to break through them -- Too much pressure at pre-school -- Lack of independence -- Boys starting school linguistically less developed -- Physiological needs not met -- Negative attitudes to writing -- Limited interest in reading -- Inability to plan and prepare effectively -- Peer pressure -- The laddish culture -- Emotional ingelligence issues -- A mismatch between how he is expected to work and his preferred way of working -- Poor reflection skills -- Low self-esteem and limiting self-beliefs -- Lack of positive male role models -- Let's hear it from the boys -- Homework -- Revision - Coursework -- Aspirations -- Boys can be turned around -- How schools are responding to the problem.

Sommario/riassunto

At least once a year, around the time of examination results, the papers are full of stories of how boys are underachieving in comparison to girls. While arousing the curiosity, and often deeply troubling the



parents of boys, the press, and indeed the government, rarely offers more than the 'laddish culture' or 'anti social behaviour' as the root cause. Parents deserve and need to know the full range of reasons why boys are underachieving and, fundamentally, what they can do to help prevent disaffection and underachievement in their boys. This highly informative and highly practical book conta