Although there is useful information in this book, I was disappointed in it. For a book about boys, it reads entirely too much like a book about coping with a chomosome abnormality -- the abnormality being the Y chromosome. Her general thesis is that the Y chomosome causes boys to develop more slowly and to be more succeptible to many other problems. Her approach to the discussion is very biologically deterministic. I found the 1 chapter on little boys in RAISING CAIN much more useful to understanding what my 4-year-old son is going through than this whole book. She is a strong believer in holdling boys back a year from Kindergarten. If you are looking for arguments for keeping your son back, this book may be what you are looking for. The publisher claims that this is the only book of its type, focusing on the parenting of young boys. That appears to be the case, which is a shame.

Marvelous! A tremendous source of information from disparate authorities, put together superbly!
My husband (a professor at Tulane) and I safely guided two girls through childhood, adolescence, college and graduate school. But nothing prepared us for our son. We knew he was not like the girls-we didn't know in exactly what ways until we read this book. We recommend it to all the mothers we meet in nursery school.

This book helped me raise three little boys born in two and a half years. From Diapers to trucks and fighting, I found what I needed to know in these pages. I am now sending copies to my three neices who have just had boys of their own. Truly trans-generational!