How to Say It to Boys: Communicating with Boys to Help Them Become the Best Men They Can Be

by Richard Heyman

In How to Say It? to Boys, Dr. Richard Heyman has compiled a wellspring of practical advice on how to broach uncomfortable subjects, or simply get your point across, to boys. Organized by age, the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735203687
• ISBN13: 9780735203686
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press
• Length: 421 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The right words to say

This book provides specific words and phrases to use in talking with, disciplining, and generally raising a boy. It is divided by age group (baby boys and toddlers age 0-2, preschool boys age 3-5, etc. up to older teenage boys age 16-18) and by topic. I read the preschool section only with basic topics like bath time, bedtime, and eating, but with excellent others like computers/TV, gender identity, moral development). This book is simple to read and understand. The format of each topic is the same including Things to Consider, Three Things You Must Do, Things to Say (specific questions and sentences), Words, Phrases and Actions to Use (a nice list of specific words for support and encouragement), Things Not to Say and Do, and Words, Phrases, and Actions to Avoid. If you read the book straight through, it may seem somewhat repetitive, but I found that in my first reading (when I needed the most help with discipline), it helped greatly to have the "right words" to say repeated for me. You owe it to your boy to check out this book!