21st Century Boys: How Modern Life is Driving Them Off the Rails and How We Can Get Them Back on Track - Softcover

Palmer, Sue

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409103382 ISBN 13: 9781409103387

Publisher: Orion, 2010

Synopsis

What's happening to boys? At home, they sprawl before a flickering screen, lost in a fantasy world; at school, they’re either nerd or thug, bullied or bullying. By the time they’re teenagers, they’re at high risk for depression, self-harm, and drug or alcohol abuse. Sue Palmer (Toxic Childhood) assesses the situation and explains how we can protect boys from the damaging effects of modern life and help them emerge as healthy adults. Based on the latest research from around the world, 21st Century Boys provides parents, teachers and others with a solution to one of today’s most pressing problems.

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About the Author

Sue Palmer is a writer, broadcaster and consultant on the education of young children. She is well-known to UK teachers as a specialist in literacy, especially the teaching of writing, but concern about children's lifestyles led her to research and publish the bestselling book TOXIC CHILDHOOD: How the Modern World Is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It, followed in 2007 by a practical handbook for parents, DETOXING CHILDHOOD: What Parents Need to Know to Raise Bright, Balanced Children, and her most recent book 21ST CENTURY BOYS. Sue is also a popular speaker, addressing thousands of teachers each year across the UK and around the world - and increasingly invited to address audiences of parents, health professionals and others concerned with children's well-being. She writes frequently in the national press, and has worked as a consultant to the National Literacy Trust, the Basic Skills Agency, many educational publishers, the Department for Education and the BBC.
Visit Sue Palmer's website atwww.suepalmer.co.uk

Review

I suggest you go out and buy 21st Century Boys and read it for yourself, and I wager that you'll not have bought a more important or treasured book in a long time * JUNO * One of the pleasures of reviewing books for The Teacher is to find a book that makes you think about the way you approach teaching - 21st Century Boys is such a book * THE TEACHER * Practical advice for parents is evident in each chapter and offered in a very non-patronizing "common sense" style. * EYE (EARLY YEARS EDUCATOR) * invaluable advice on opening up conversations about school or anything else, and helping children talk through problems * SAINSBURY MAGAZINE * Based on the latest research from around the world, 21st Century Boys provides parents and teachers with a clear pathway to bringing up boys. * GREEN PARENT * Palmer (who has) more than 30 years' teaching experience under her belt, is a woman on a mission. * SCOTSMAN * A very well researched book with plenty of pretty inarguable evidence... The ever-practical Ms Palmer provides pages of "what we can do" suggestions at the end of each chapter, including specific ideas for teachers * SEC ED (The Voice for Secondary Education) * In a hugely informative and interesting book packed with readable research, Palmer suggests how we can raise balanced, bright boys. Each chapter ends with practical suggestions for how this might be achieved * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY * Behind the screaming headlines, she talks a lot of sense. * THE BOOKSELLER *

Edition details

• Publisher: Orion
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1409103382
• ISBN 13: 9781409103387
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 320