Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves

Following the success of Raising Girls Who Like Themselves, Kasey Edwards and Dr Chris Scanlon have written a much-requested book about raising boys. In Bringing Up Boys Who Like Themselves, Kasey Edwards and Dr Chris Scanlon combine practical and evidence-based strategies to help parents build a strong foundation for their sons. With their trademark warmth, wit and positive outlook they explain: • How to get your son to tell you about his day and maintain a close and loving bond as he gets older • How to give your boy the skills and confidence to resist peer pressure and the influence of unhealthy masculinity • The most effective way to stand up for himself without resorting to violence or losing his sweet nature • How to encourage your boy to try new and hard things • What to do about screens and porn • How to encourage achievement without the nagging • How to teach your boy to be respectful and to take responsibility for his actions without making him ashamed to be a boy/man • How to instil authentic and rock-solid confidence and self-belief in your boy • How to give him a positive and healthy body image

Kasey Edwards is a leading Australian columnist and bestselling author of eight books, including Thirty Something and Over It. She mixes humour, heart and credible research to write about issues such as raising children, work satisfaction, motherhood and body image. She has a wide readership, with an audience of over 10 million worldwide, and is a passionate champion for girls and women. Christopher Scanlon is a writer, essayist and academic. His work has appeared in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Conversation, The Monthly and Overland. He edited Arena Magazine for ten years. He co-wrote the young-adult fantasy series 'The Chess Raven Chronicles' with his wife Kasey Edwards under the pen-name Violet Grace. Christopher has a PhD in politics from Monash University and teaches in the Communications program at Deakin University.