Mothering Our Boys: A guide for mums of sons (Paperback or Softback)

If we can see the world through boys' eyes a little better, we will make different choices in the way we mother them... and we will find them less confusing, and love them more deeply.

Mothers of sons are worried about raising their boys in a world where negative images of masculinity are front and centre of our media, almost every day. Not only that, but statistically our boys are still struggling in many ways.

Even though we live in a time where we recognise that nothing in gender is fixed, it remains a fact that the influence of a mother on her son is massive.

A mother of four sons herself, Maggie Dent draws on her personal experience - and over four decades work as a teacher, counsellor and now author and speaker - to help build understanding, empathy and compassion for our boys.

Maggie shares her five key secrets that every mum needs to know, and uses the voices of men she has worked with and surveyed to reveal what really matters in a boy's relationship with his mother and other mother figures.

Maggie is one of Australia's most popular parenting educators, authors and podcasters. Her seminars about boys have sold out all across Australia, New Zealand and in the UK. She is finally sharing her insights, her reflections, and (as always) her humour around mothering boys in this book that will help you be the mum your son needs you to be.

Commonly known as the 'queen of common sense', Maggie Dent is one of Australia's favourite parenting authors, educators and podcasters. She has a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience, and is an undisputed 'boy champion'. Maggie is the author of 10 major books, including the bestselling 'Mothering Our Boys', 'From Boys to Men' and 'Girlhood'. In 2024, she released her final parenting book, 'Help Me Help My Teen'. Maggie hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast Parental As Anything. In 2025, she also starred in the genre-bending ABC TV series, The Role of a Lifetime.Maggie's experience includes teaching, counselling, and working in palliative care/funeral services and suicide prevention. She is a dedicated advocate for quietly changing lives in our families and communities. She is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother.