Bringing up a boy : the nature and nurture of male character / Eli H. Newberger.
By: Newberger, Eli H
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BookPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Pub., 1999Description: ix, 371 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0747539677.Uniform titles: Bringing up a boy. Subject(s): Boys -- Growth | Parenting | Child rearing | Teenage boysDDC classification: 649.132 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 649.132 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00091683 |
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How should we bring up boys? How can we understand and get on better with them? Eli H. Newberger is one of America's most distinguished paediatricians, and brings decades of experience and insight to these vitally important questions. In Bringing Up A Boy he shows us how to nurture, encourage and celebrate the best in our sons and presents an agenda for action that every parent should read and use.
Includes-
* How to be a better parent - down-to-earth and easy-to-follow advice
* How to talk to boys - and why reading to them is all-important
* How to give boys the vocabulary to let out their feelings from an early age
* How to set limits
* Crying and tantrums - how to deal with them
* Sex, aggression and testosterone - how to navigate the troubled adolescent years
Cover title: Bringing up a boy.
Bibliography: (pages 355-360) and index.
What is character? -- The roots of character -- Infants and toddlers -- Male connection and emotion -- Word magic -- Discipline and punishment -- Preschoolers -- Sharing -- Curiosity -- Schoolboys -- Honesty -- Self-control -- Teasing and bullying -- Early adolescence -- Identity and friendship -- Alcohol and drugs -- Late adolescence -- Enabling -- Cheating -- Play and sports -- Giving back.