Joyce Grant, of Getting Kids Reading, had a great post about why boys don’t like school. She also wrote about boundaries. I love point # 7: Boys understand boundaries. Instead of saying, “no throwing snowballs,” make some boundaries. “Snowball throwing within this area only.” Boys get
Apparently, some moms are very, very unhappy with their baby boys. According to an article first published in Elle, increasing numbers of American women are voicing their preference for a female child. At least some of those women are spending perfectly good money to enhance their
I’m not from a particularly huggy family. We don’t hug every time we say hi and we rarely hug when we say good-bye. It’s more like a, “Hey, good to see ya.” The affection is there, but understated, understood. And yet hugs have a way
My boys bicker. A lot. In fact, they frequently spend entire days telling each other how much better their lives would be if only their brothers didn’t exist. And yet, they care about each other. A lot. Case in point: The other day, Boy #2
We’ve talked about potty training before, so you may already know that my basic philosophy is to follow the child: Four boys into parenting, I’m convinced that you can’t teach a child to go on the potty. Of course, if you’ve been around awhile, you
Like it or not, the media has a massive effect on today’s boys. That’s why I was so excited to see Packaging Boyhood: Saving Our Sons from Superheroes, Slackers, and Other Media Stereotypes , a new book by Lyn Mikel Brown, Sharon Lamb and Mark
Ok, that might be a bit inflammatory. But the recent news that in-utero exposure to phthalates affects boys’ play preferences in preschool is big news all the same. The study tracked 145 pregnant women and, ultimately, their sons. Researchers measured the phthalate content of the
Looks like we’re all over the place when it comes to boys and birth. After watching the Internet’s first live birth, I asked if you’d be OK with your son watching a birth. All in all, we’re in favor of it: 28% said ‘Yes, definitely,”
Looks like we’re all over the place when it comes to boys and birth. After watching the Internet’s first live birth, I asked if you’d be OK with your son watching a birth. All in all, we’re in favor of it: 28% said ‘Yes, definitely,”
If you’ve been around for awhile, you know that Blogging ‘Bout Boys is all about reading. (Well, about boys – and reading!) We talk about why boys won’t read, ways to encourage them and strategies to keep your sons interested in the written word. We
Gutsy Writer, a mom of three boys, had an interesting comment regarding my last blog post. I’m curious to hear what you think about the difference between boys/men and girls/women, towards stress. I think one of the things that attracts females to males is they
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