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The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do about It by Warren Farrell, John Gray
love_schwizzle's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
ryanbroadfoot's review
3.0
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.
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