About this title: Offering fresh, gender-specific ways to help girls and boys avoid drugs and early sexual activity, Dr. Sax explains in clear, accessible language how the brains of boys and girls differ and shows parents why recognizing these differences is an important step in raising happier, healthier children. Teachers & parents.
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Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: Very good. Appearance of only slight previous use. Cover and binding show a little wear. All pages are undamaged with potentially only a few, small markings. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780385510738ISBN:038551073X
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Broadway Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780767916257ISBN:0767916255
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean inside out, tight binding, good cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 336 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Broadway Books
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780767916257ISBN:0767916255
Description: Very Good. Normal, average shelf-wear. I found just literally only two pages in the entire book with highlighting. Small business. Personal service. Thanks for looking! : -) read more
Edition: First edition. Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780385510738ISBN:038551073X
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 320 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Dust jacket has a small tear that has been taped at spine. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780767916257ISBN:0767916255
Description: New. Are boys and girls really that different? Twenty years ago, doctors and researchers didn't think so. Back then, most experts believed that differences in how girls and boys behave are mainly due to differences in how they were treated by their parent... read more
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. VG+, pages are clean, boards are gently bumped at the spinr; dust jacket is lightly soiled. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 312 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"A fantastic, thought-provoking book. Although I didn't agree with everything Doctor Sax said, there was much I recognized as true, typical boy behavior, and it was interesting to read about scientific studies that explained the different behaviors. The most interesting chapters were on aggression, risk taking, and drugs. This book was able to explain to me why I feel like I am always yelling at my boys :) for which I will be forever grateful. I would recommend it to any parent (of sons or daughters) who wants to understand their child's behavior better."
"Really got my noodle cooking. I like that he referenced most of his conclusions, but not knowing enough about the field, I'm still curious about how much his own personal bias played into his conclusions - which is something that EVERY scientist does.
One thought that kept striking me repeatedly is the irony (gross generalization and stereotype here) that the same folks that are likely huge fans of evolution are also likely to be huge supporters of 'gender neutral education.' It seems naive to think that traits selected for during evolution could be entirely negated by teaching. To some extent that's like telling someone that if they just THINK about being taller, they will become taller.
"I loved Dr. Sax's other book (written after this one), Boys Adrift, but I really didn't care for this one.
The first few chapters WERE really interesting and contained information that the title led me to believe would be found within. Perhaps it is worth reading the book just for these very interesting chapters. But the rest of the book degenerated into a typical parenting book with lots of lectures and opinion, the focus on "difficult" children with "serious" problems.
Dr. Sax makes himself sound like one of those doctors who knows best--his examples were rife with hapless parents who were either set straight by the good doctor OR who disregarded the doctor's advice and rued the day.
Then there was the entire chapter teen sex and another on homosexuality in children, both troubling. This book walks in alarmist territory and states unequivocally that bad behavior is widespread. It talks too much about managing bad children and not enough about raising good ones.
And I have trouble getting past the impression that this book (after the first few chapters) is a collection of his opinions backed up by various research studies (and we all know that research studies are out there to back up just about ANY opinion). One of the reasons I liked Boys Adrift so much more is that I felt Dr. Sax was offering a point of view (supported by research, naturally) that the reader was free to believe or disbelieve. This book was much more opinionated. Didn't like that.
"I loved this book! I really wish that I had read this book before teaching. I enjoyed reading about the biological differences between male and female. It might not be a hard science, but it helped me understand my relationships with the male species :), and also look retrospectively with what I could have done to make my classroom learning atmosphere better. This definitely is not one of those non-fiction books where you are bored out of your mind, and can't wait to reach the end just so you can finish. Sax is a great writer, and knows when to paraphrase in depth scientific terms so as not to lose the interest of those not as scientifically minded. I highly recommend this book for anyone working in an educational setting, and parents of children."
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