EW has kindly lend me this book. The book is quite light and easy to read, it’s written by an Aussie. It’s not only informative but it also contains quite a few of real life stories (although I found some of them are not easy to relate for someone with Asian background).

Few points that I take from the book:

• Boys need different role models in different stages of life, for example: in teenage years, boys might seek other role models other than the parents, hence as parents we should be able to find suitable models for the boys otherwise they might seek at the wrong places.
• As boys develop their motor (or verbal?) skills slower than the girls, sometime it’s wise to delay start of school by a year. Personally, i am not convinced, will wait and see whether this is actually the case.

I was quite shock with the book’s treatment of boy’s sexuality (although I probably should’ve expected something like this from a secular point of view). Things like pre-marital sex, pornography etc2 are encouraged “provided” that they are done correctly (or safely). I am pretty sure that I am not going to recommend this book for friends based on that section alone. Again given the wealth of Christian literature nowadays, I am pretty sure better books with more God centered message can be found.

And that’s the 4th book finished this year, yay!