This was one of the lemons. This book came highly recommended to me and is by a well respected author. However, the book was of little/no use to me.

Here are some of the reasons this book was no good:

1) In his chapter about how schools are geared toward female sensiblities and can make it difficutl for boys to succeed - his solution was to home-school your child or send him to a private, all-boy school.

2)There is a chapter on how to prevent homosexuality.

3)Throughout the book, Dr. Dobson refers to how the feminist movement has destroyed the central family and emasculated men in our culture.

If you think that homosexuals, feminists, and democrats have ruined our country and turned men into sissies, then this is the book for you. If, however, you are looking for a book that will help you raise strong, intelligent, respectful boys, then read Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Lives of Boys instead.