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One thing you learn when you write a blog about boys: a lots of the news about boys is negative. Think about the stories you've heard in...

0 comments Labels: community, discipline, living with boys, physical aggression

Posted by Unknown | 1:47 PM

Paper airplanes are almost the perfect boy toy. They're cheap, entertaining, portable and endlessly amusing. This weekend, I'll be ...

0 comments Labels: crafts, homeschool, indoor activity, learning

Posted by Unknown | 12:59 PM

Let's just say that life at home is nothing like life in NYC. My first clue came yesterday morning, when I woke up to a bedroom that ca...

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Posted by Unknown | 12:25 PM

mom2anutball ! Check out her blog, Noodles and Nuggets, here . Mom2anutball wins a hardcover copy of Michale Gurian's latest book, The P...

0 comments Labels: books about boys, contests, Michael Gurian

Posted by Unknown | 1:52 PM

Ok, so we're a biased community. 52% of voters (vs. 31%) say that boys are more at-risk than girls, which makes perfect sense when you c...

0 comments Labels: gender differences, joy, poll, statistics

Posted by Unknown | 1:36 PM

I saw Mary Poppins in a whole new light last night. If you ask me, Mary Poppins is the most relevant musical playing Broadway. Consider thi...

0 comments Labels: books about boys, drama, man, Michael Gurian

Posted by Unknown | 1:28 PM

I'm in New York City today -- sans kids -- so my thoughts today are a bit of a whirlwind. In just the few hours I've been here (my ...

0 comments Labels: parenting, travel

Posted by Unknown | 12:22 PM

Our guest blogger this week is Lisa Rivero, author of CREATIVE HOME SCHOOLING ( Great Potential Press, 2002 ), the very first homeschool b...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:36 AM

By now you've probably heard the news: A new study says that 1 in 10 kids who play video games show behavioral signs of addiction. And...

0 comments Labels: books about boys, gender differences, media, Michael Gurian, video games

Posted by Unknown | 3:19 PM

Are boys or girls harder to raise? According to our most recent poll, it's practically a draw. Six readers said that boys are harder to...

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Posted by Unknown | 7:59 AM

Here's your chance to win a copy of Michael Gurian's new book, The Purpose of Boys . I announced the contest yesterday, at the bott...

0 comments Labels: books about boys, contests, Michael Gurian

Posted by Unknown | 10:55 AM

The title got your attention, right? According to an essay published in today's New York Times, "queer" and "fag" ...

0 comments Labels: books about boys, boy code, contests, gender differences, Michael Gurian

Posted by Unknown | 11:35 AM

"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation." -- La Vie Boheme, from the musical Rent Yesterday my husband...

0 comments Labels: indoor activity, learning, machines, toys

Posted by Unknown | 9:49 AM

Wisconsin-native Rich Koslowski has worked as a comic book and graphic novel writer and illustrator since 1996. He's best known for his ...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:55 AM

Playdate (n.) -- 1. A scheduled opportunity for two or more children to play together 2. A chance to relax...

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Posted by Unknown | 11:58 AM

I got a new book today: The Purpose of Boys , by boy-guru Michael Gurian . (Gurian is also the author of The Minds of Boys and The Wonder ...

0 comments Labels: books about boys, gender differences, Michael Gurian

Posted by Unknown | 8:15 AM

1. Take him to your favorite restaurant Not McDonald’s. Not Burger King. Take him to a real, grown-up sit-down place and share a meal. ...

0 comments Labels: affection, family, living with boys

Posted by Unknown | 11:15 AM

Over on Why Boys Fail , author Richard Whitmire has an intriguing link about England's "pushback" against earlier schooling...

0 comments Labels: education, gender differences, learning

Posted by Unknown | 12:39 PM

Four boys into this, and I'd never heard of the Boy Code. Have you? According to William Pollack, PhD, author of Real Boys , the Boy Cod...

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Posted by Unknown | 10:58 AM

The need for appropriate and comprehensive sex education has been on my mind ever since reading about young Alfie Patten , the 13-yr-old Bri...

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Posted by Unknown | 1:17 PM

This is a blog about boys -- about raising them, educating them and learning with them. With four boys of my own, I've learned that: Bo...

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Posted by Unknown | 5:11 PM

We did some serious rearranging today. Moved Son #4 into Son #3's room, and Son #2 out of said room and into the room that was formerly...

0 comments Labels: living with boys

Posted by Unknown | 11:44 AM

Maple sugar season is about so much more than maple syrup. More, even, than family camraderie. Tapping maple trees and turning the sap into...

0 comments Labels: family, learning, maple syrup, math, reading, science, work

Posted by Unknown | 11:36 AM

This, my friends, is the start of maple syrup. That clear liquid is maple sap, a natural delicacy if ever there was one. Did you know that...

0 comments Labels: family, learning, maple syrup

Posted by Unknown | 1:03 PM

If there ever was a holiday created for boys, this is it. I mean, what boy doesn't like silly, goofy fun -- or an excuse to pull pran...

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