Boys of Few Words: Raising Our Sons to Communicate and Connect

I am a mom of two grown ladies and a grandmother to four beautiful grandsons. I purchased this book with intent to help my daughters with the concerns that are arising in their sons developmental behaviours. Questions they come to me with I didn't have any answers. WHY? Because I raised girls. The book relates to real situations. The author completely explains where, what, why and how various behaviours in the environment may affect a boys lack of communication or behaviour and how dirrefent raising boys from girls. Recently I worked for the Author in a professional capacity witnessing so many excellent reviews. So I thought to buy the book and read it myself. Excellent resource!! Easy to understand!!! I refer to this book often sometimes daily depending on how often my girls come to me with concerns. I would suggest for day care/child care agencies to purchase a copy for reference. We all know that a crucial part of a childs personality begins to develop between the ages of 4-5 so why not help to understand them as they are our future.

5stars

Average male speaks less than 5,000 words a day, average female over 20,000 day. Our are not being heard and some are just shrinking inside their shell. Our education system is pushing them down because we are expecting them to have certain skills WAY before they are developmentally ready. Bright young men are made to feel they are not. TV shows portray them as unintelligent and uncaring. Read this to understand more clearly what we can do to help our boys grow up more fully.

Such a good book

What an awesome book, well written, easy to read, and sooo helpful! I saw my precious son all through out the book, and I finally felt someone understood our present struggles. I have received a lot of guidance via this book, and am eager to put all of it into practice. Everyone with a boy in their life ought to read this one.

Outstanding! Must read for anyone who deals with boys. Clearly Cox has paid attention to the 'unspoken messages' that boys send the world hoping someone can 'speak their language.'

This book only provides details and examples of boys with communication problems and provides no real solutions. I found myself skimming through the explanations of "what" problems boys face, and was looking for suggestions of what to do and how to help out boys going through communication issues. I didn't find anything. I wish I could return it.

I highly recommend this book for all parents or caregivers of boys, but especially if you have a boy with learning or attention problems (ADHD). This book not only gives very practical, realistic advice about how to understand your son if he is shy or withdrawn, but also provides great insight into why he may be reluctant to talk and how to bring him out. For many kids with learning disabilities and ADHD, the academic aspect gets focussed on but there can also be social problems at school and in the family. This book addresses both school and family issues, but we found the psychological insights to be extremely helpful in understanding why a fifth-grade boy would be having more trouble in school at this age, and also why he would talk about hobbies and technical things but couldn't tell us why he was getting upset. This book has also helped us understand an older teenager--and know when to step in and when it was fine to give him more space. When communication improves, behavior and respect tend to improve also. We've read some other "self-help" books but this was the first one that seemed to cover all our areas of concern. It's not filled with technical language but it was a "smarter" book than most we've read. Dr. Cox obviously knows about boys and understands what the day to day reality of most families is like. Despite the title, which might imply it's only for "quiet boys," it should be required reading for every parent of boys! We wish we had read this book sooner.

This book is a must for every parent who would like to improve communication with his son/s, and to better understand the challenges that boys face in communication in general.The author provides excellent advice throughout the book on understanding boys and teaching them necessary social and verbal skills.

Good book.