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

• Autore: Wilson Gary B
• Pubblicazione: [London] ; ; New York, : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (111 p.)
• Disciplina: 649/.132
• Soggetto topico: Boys; Success in children; Self-esteem in children; Child rearing; Parenting; Parent and child
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Help your boys succeed
• ISBN: 1-282-87726-7; 9786612877261; 1-85539-663-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785485503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Help Your Child to Succeed