Masterminds and Wingmen.
Not only does Wiseman challenge you to examine your assumptions, she offers innovative coping strategies aimed at helping your boy develop a positive, authentic, and strong sense of self..
Collaborating with a large team of middle- and high-school-age editors, Rosalind Wiseman has created an unprecedented guide to the life your boy is actually experiencing - his on-the-ground reality.
What you\'ll find in Masterminds and Wingmen is critically important for every parent - or anyone who cares about boys - to know.
If you want what\'s best for him, you need to know what these rules are and how to work with them effectively.
Boy world is governed by social hierarchies and a powerful set of unwritten rules that have huge implications for your boy\'s relationships, his interactions with you, and the man he\'ll become.
Where hiding problems from adults is the ironclad rule because their involvement only makes situations worse.
Where \'masterminds\' dominate and friends ruthlessly insult each other but can never object when someone steps over the line.
Where sports and video games can mean everything, but working hard in school frequently earns ridicule from \'the guys\' even as they ask to copy assignments.
It\'s a place where asking for help or showing emotional pain often feels impossible.
Do you constantly struggle to pull information from your son, student, or athlete, only to encounter mumbling or evasive assurances such as \'It\'s nothing\' or \'I\'m good?\' Do you sense that the boy you care about is being bullied, but that he\'ll do anything to avoid your \'help?\' Have you repeatedly reminded him that schoolwork and chores come before video games only to spy him reaching for the controller as soon as you leave the room? Have you watched with frustration as your boy flounders with girls? Welcome to Boy World.
Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends and the New Rules of Boy World A landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common and difficult challenges, by the bestselling author who changed our conception of adolescent girls.
Masterminds and Wingmen
