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6 reviews for:
The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do about It
Warren Farrell, John Gray
3.25 AVERAGE
6 reviews for:
The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do about It
Warren Farrell, John Gray
3.25 AVERAGE
informative
slow-paced
Well worth reading for anyone who is involved in raising or teaching kids. Would be a 5 star review but I would argue that the last part of the book on ADHD just doesn’t fit at all. Everything is so well written and then it devolves into pseudoscience revolving around natural ADHD cures. That said read the first 4 parts of the book you won’t regret it.
Thank you netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
This is a pretty good take on the social and educational difficulties boys are experiencing due to lack of reliable, consistent father figures, poorly set up school systems that do not adapt to a boys biological makeup and the often misleaded masculine social norms. I found the book informative and insightful. The last couple of chapters seemed a bit out of touch but otherwise a good resource for parents who want to understand the issues.
This is a pretty good take on the social and educational difficulties boys are experiencing due to lack of reliable, consistent father figures, poorly set up school systems that do not adapt to a boys biological makeup and the often misleaded masculine social norms. I found the book informative and insightful. The last couple of chapters seemed a bit out of touch but otherwise a good resource for parents who want to understand the issues.
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This was a good book with information that I think will be useful and helpful in raising boys. It pointed out what sexism boys experience while growing up, and some of things that caused me to re-think my beliefs. The book does get very repetitive which is irritating, it says the same things over and over adding a little bit of nuance each time. It serves its purpose of driving the point home but also frustrated me, I could only read the book in small chunks at a time because of this.
The section on ADHD was an unfortunate black mark in the book. Without it I probably would have rated the book 4/5, as it was I really wanted to give it a 2. Video games and TV are blamed for ADHD, when there is absolutely no proof at all. Other "causes" for ADHD are pasteurized dairy products, sugar, gluten, and about a million other things, some with citations some without, all rather dubious though. Homeopathy is touted as a cure for ADHD, concussions, and I think even autism. The whole section felt just shoe horned in. Warren Farrell could have left it out and been sole author. If he felt it was truly important he could have mentioned John Gray's separate book on ADHD if people were interested in it. I personally have no interest in recieving medical advice from a family therapist/author who does not have an accredited bachelors degree let alone the "PhD" he advertises.
The section on ADHD was an unfortunate black mark in the book. Without it I probably would have rated the book 4/5, as it was I really wanted to give it a 2. Video games and TV are blamed for ADHD, when there is absolutely no proof at all. Other "causes" for ADHD are pasteurized dairy products, sugar, gluten, and about a million other things, some with citations some without, all rather dubious though. Homeopathy is touted as a cure for ADHD, concussions, and I think even autism. The whole section felt just shoe horned in. Warren Farrell could have left it out and been sole author. If he felt it was truly important he could have mentioned John Gray's separate book on ADHD if people were interested in it. I personally have no interest in recieving medical advice from a family therapist/author who does not have an accredited bachelors degree let alone the "PhD" he advertises.