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Summary: Brutally honest reflection of society!
Review: This book is an honest look at how society has attempted to change the role of men from bible focused father's to secular, gender neutral wimps. Men and boys are manipulated by the media to believe that if we act as the bible teaches us we are somehow not sensitive to the needs of others in today's culture. This book in fact preaches God's love as Jesus lived it - without compromise. The compromising of God's word is why it is so difficult to distinguish many Christian's from the "world".
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Summary: Excelent book thats desperatly needed in today's world
Review: This book is one of the few places you will find some one that is not afraid to point to the scientific fact of life, boys and girls are different from a biological and gentic point of view. Boys need to be raised as boys, and not as gender nuetral girls. This book covers alot of the why boys are different, and helps parents understand more about why their sons act the way they do. If you have a son, or about to have one, you need to read this book. Perferably before you read any other book. I highly recomend this book to every parent out there.
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Summary: The Crisis is real;What feminists won't tell U about Boys
Review: His book may be as offensive to some as an actual read through the bible, but bottom line is that even if he is controversial & his stance is "unpopular" or not PC, he backs it up with facts. He actually delves into studies & statistics, & results U may find shocking! Boys are:
2x as likely as girls to be diagnosed as learning disabled, 2/3 of high school special-education & handicapped students, 90% of discipline problems in schools (most suspensions & expulsions),on average receive lower grades than girls, 4x more likely than peer females to be diagnosed as emotionally disturbed, majority of juvenile mental patients, significantly outnumber girls in diagnoses of most conduct disorders, thought disorders & brain disorders, are Most of longest lasting & deadliest mental problems experienced by children. Adolescent males:
drop out of high school at 4x rate of peer females, 4x more likely to commit suicide, 15x more likely than adolescent girls to be victims of violent crime
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Summary: A bunch of malarky!
Review: According to Dr. Dobson, lacking a fear of God and being raised by a single mom has left our nation in distress! As a doctor (who sounds like a Priest) shouldn't he be looking at the violence we introduce our infant boys to in hospitals as a possible cause to why they tend towards violence throughout life? I read this book and returned it to the store the next day. Deeply disappointed! I am NOT a single mother, but greatly offended that the author blames homosexuality on the common broken homes of our society. Shame on you Dr. Dobson for adding to the suffering and guilt of families that can not make the "Ozzie & Harriet" work for them. This book is an embarrasing waste!!
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Summary: One of the Best Books I've Read On How To Raise Boys!
Review: This is a wonderful book on how to raise boys to be men...real men. Not feminist, bullys, or hate mongers; rather, balanced and loving yet still men. Practical guide full of wisdom that will help others, especially mothers, better understand males and appreciate that they do think differently from females. Wish I'd had this book when my four boys were little. It would have saved me a lot of misunderstanding.
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Summary: Useless drivel - misleading title, biblical propaganda
Review: My wife bought this book without reviewing the synopsis here on Amazon. Big mistake. At first glance the book appears to be a genuine effort to educate parents on the subject of raising boys. However, this book is nothing more than typical Focus on the Family, Christian right rantings, packaged as something mainstream. It is written for people who already buy into this philosophy and will simply infuriate those who are anywhere left of Jerry Falwell. Utter self-righteous garbage.
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Summary: True North
Review: Bringing Up Boys recognizes we want our teenagers to be, among other things, confident and increasingly capable. Generations ahead, as we have, will depend on competent and responsible brothers, husbands, and fathers. Affirming that value, Dobson knows this means bringing up boys now is going take the best parents can bring, including love, confidence, and substance. Holding this course and embracing boys' instinctive strengths can require recognizing popular but destructive media messages that trivialize boys' natural strengths and marginalize boys' achievements. Parents who chose conservative Christian values will see in this book what they have sensed: nurturing and guiding our boys at times requires knowing how to be on their side. For these mothers and fathers sharing the rearing of their sons, Dobson's straight-talking chapters will ring true.
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Summary: Dobson is a wise man
Review: "Bringing Up Boys" is a must read for parents of boys and girls alike. If you want to take a stand against the morally confused left, this is the book for you. If you're ready to reject most tenets of modern psychology...you know the ones that seem to defy any hint of common sense, the tenets responsible for unprecedented social ills...this book is for you. If you think children grow up more well-adjusted when they are raised by their parents instead of a day care worker, this book is for you. If you agree that a perfect balance of masculine and feminine traits creates beautiful harmony, and that an inbalance creates confusion and chaos, this book is for you. If you understand that the values that created this great nation are the same values our children are being bred to reject, and you would like to reverse this trend, this book is for you. If you want good, practical advice on how you can most effectively shape the next generation and the future of humanity, this book is for you.
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Summary: The best educational book I have read
Review: As parents of six children we have read so many books on family and education, we have gone back to the university to take courses on family life, on moral upbringing, on how to bring up your children to be happy, independent adults. This book has it all. Dr Dobson really did some great research!! If you are raising a boy you want to read this book!!!
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Summary: Pushing back against the trends to androgyny.
Review: Dobson's book hit many of the niggling concerns that I have about the Western, particularly US based, trend towards denial that boys are indeed different from girls, denial that masculinity can indeed be a force for good (rather than the constant and often covert/subliminal undermining of everything male - apart from male homosexuality of course!) and reading his book gave me an awareness of just how the masculinity of our youth is being diluted and demonised.
Some reviewers attack Dobson's Christianity as a means to attack the principle messages within the book. However, many similar themes and concerns are raised in the Tammy Bruce's "New Thought Police" - and she is a lesbian former senior member of NOW. The principles - and guidance - laid out in the book are valuable and certainly worthy of serious consideration.
Whether you are a Christian or not, this book is thought provoking for any parent of young boys. While the reader may, after consideration reject some of the views of the author, I believe that many will be accepted and may in fact assist you in bringing up better men for our society. And if this is the only achievement of this book, who can knock that?
For me, I will re-read it year after year as part, and only part, of the process of bringing up children within my own family.
Buy! (or borrow)
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