Boys can be a mystery, especially for mothers brought up in all-girl households.  Research shows that parents are frequently challenged by three main issues when parenting boys – their poor behaviour, lack of confidence and poor learning outcomes.
 
We believe that some of this frustration comes from lack of developmental understanding of boys’ physiology and psychology. The more parents understand what makes boys tick, the better placed we are to assist them and the less frustrated we feel.

Maggie Dent presents: Communicating with teenage boys

Adolescence has a way of transforming children’s brains that can make communication challenging, especially with teenage boys who often start articulating in monosyllabic grunts. These brain changes also make them more sensitive, volatile and critical of themselves, making the tween/teen years a high-risk window.

In this webinar, Maggie Dent shows how using compassionate, empowering communication with teenage boys can better guide them across the bridge to healthy manhood to a place where they feel worthwhile and engaged in respectful relationships.

Online course: Parenting boys

Our Parenting Boys online course delves into the minds of boys. Hear and learn from six parenting experts on a variety of fascinating topics like emotions, behaviour, education, organisation, communication and sexuality.  

Each of the 12 sessions contains some written resources, a video with an interview or short presentation, and an accompanying summary with a short learning activity to help you reflect on and embed your learning.