From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Raising Cain, It’s a Boy! is the first major parenting book to chart every stage of a boy’s life. This upbeat, authoritative, and reassuring guide–written by psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., a leading international expert on boys’ development, and journalist Teresa H. Barker–shows how a boy’s inner life progresses through infancy, childhood, and adolescence. What do boys actually need? How exactly does a healthy boy look and act? It’s a Boy! has the answers, providing expert advice on the developmental, psychological, social, and academic life of boys from infancy through the teen years. Exploring the many ways in which boys strive for masculinity and attempt to define themselves, Dr. Thompson identifies the key developmental transitions that mark a boy’s psychological growth and emotional health, and the challenges both boys and parents face at each age. • Expecting a Boy: how our deeply held hopes, fears, and family histories shape our expectations of boys and our parenting techniques • Baby Boys (birth to 18 months): falling in love with your son, healthy attachment, trust, and temperament • Toddler Years (18 months to 3 years): boys on the go, bold steps, blankies, budding language, and rambunctious physicality • Powerful Little Boys (ages 3 and 4): superhero ambitions, penis play and potty talk, learning to manage the force of his anger, and celebrating the power of the boy group • Starting School (ages 5 through 7): developmental cues for school readiness, transitional challenges, girl cooties and boys-only play, tough talk, tender hearts, and first friends • Boys on a Mission (ages 8 through 10): striving for mastery in sports, screen games, and boy society, organizing the boy brain for school success, and glaring academic gender gaps • The Preteen (ages 11 through 13): puberty, posturing and popularity, the culture of cruelty, hidden sensitivity, and stoic silence in the middle school years • Early High School (ages 14 and 15): the secret life of boys, powerful peer groups, sexuality, school strategies, the shift away from Mom (she knows too much), and yearning for Dad’s respect and attention • On the Brink of Manhood (ages 16 through 18): the quest for independence, sex, love, driving, drinking, and other choices and challenges of life Practical, insightful, wonderfully engaging, and filled with instructive true stories any parent of a son will recognize, It’s a Boy! is the definitive guide to raising boys in today’s world, revealing with humor, compassion, and joy all the infinite varieties of boys and the deep and profound ways in which we love them.

Congratulations! It’s a beautiful baby boy! You’re at the beginning of an incredible adventure together, and you’re in good company – parents across the ages have captured this experience in memorable words. Discover some of the finest expressions of love and wisdom in this little book of quotations to celebrate the arrival of your amazing son.

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The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked -- aside from "When are you due?" -- has got to be "Are you having a girl or a boy?" When author Andrea Buchanan, already a mom to a little girl, was pregnant with her second child, she marveled at the response of friends and total strangers alike: "Boys are wonderful," "Boys are so much better than girls," "Boys love their mothers differently than girls." This constant refrain led her to explore the issue herself, with help from her fellow writers and moms, many of whom had had the same experience. The result is "It's a Boy, a wide-ranging, often humorous, and very honest collection of essays about the experience of mothering boys. Taking on topics like aggression ("The Bully's Mother"), mothering a teenaged boy ("Shapeshifter"), wishing for a daughter but getting a son ("Breaking the Curse"), the stories reflect the myriad ways these women have mothered sons and come to love the experience in ways that may be different, but no less satisfying, than mothering girls.

Very practical science-based tips and guidelines, and stories for moms and dads of baby boys. Including: Why we need a book just about boys. The very different health issues, genetic predisposition, hard wiring, neurological and biological development of boys from conception that relates to birth issues and unique strengths and weaknesses. How to understand the core nature of your boy and nourish it through problems of crying, fussing, eating, sleeping, attaching and other key issues during the first 12 months of life. Warm hearted stories about boys and tips from real moms who have baby boys, and a preview of what's to come for boys as they become toddlers, preschool kids, pre-pubescent and beyond.

Baby Memory Book For Creating Your Own Baby Scrapbook Keep the memories of your baby's first year of life in this charming baby scrapbook. The arrival of your new baby is a great time to start scrapbooking. This baby book allows you to create a priceless and irreplaceable personalized baby keepsake that you can treasure for years. This sweet memory baby book has plenty of room for the milestones of your favorite memories of your newborn baby. Blank Fill-in Journal Type of Pages Make your own baby scrapbook to capture your baby's first years. This blank journal has plenty of space for photos and memories. This baby journal is perfect for photos, notes or poems. Compact enough to tuck away in a diaper bag or book bag. You can take it with you anywhere. Use this blank baby journal to create a story book full of photos and other memorable things about your baby. Add Photos and Write in Memories A baby book for to keep your treasured memories and preserve the special moments of your baby. Tape in a photo and then write the things your baby was doing in the photo on the lines below your baby's picture. Remember the happy times, funny things and just about anything your baby did that made you smile. Treasure your memories for a lifetime in your baby journal. A Baby Keepsake Journal This journal will allow you to tape or paste in photo's, pictures, or paper clippings of dates and special events you wish to cherish of your children. A baby book journal is a wonderful way to record all of the most special, loving and funny moments you share with your baby during the first weeks and months. Use This Baby Book For 1. Baby Scrapbook 2. Baby Photo Journal 3. Baby Diary 4. Baby Memory Book 5. Baby Keepsake Book 6. Mom Journal What's Inside: This baby scrapbook has different sections. The first part allows you to write a memory and tape or paste in a photo for: Baby's First Photo Baby's First Week Home Special Baby Moments Baby's First Bath The second section you can tape or paste in photos for your baby's first four weeks of life. The third section you can tape or paste in photos for each month up to twelve months old. Plus there are pages at the back of this baby book to collect well-wishes and autographs! Makes a great gift for new moms or a baby shower gift! Create lasting memories before they are gone forever and impossible to reproduce! Pictures are worth a thousand words, they help us remember the little moments that bring us such joy in an instant. Preserving the memories of your newborn baby can bring you comfort and amusement for many years. Order Today for that special mom to be who is expecting a new baby!

We live in a time when manhood and masculinity are under attack. Boys are seen as defective because they are so active and need to stay busy with their hands, and they often don't do well in a public school setting where they are expected to sit still all day. But masculinity is good and the world needs it now more than ever. God made boys to build, provide, protect, fight, lead, worship, and proclaim. In this book, your sons will discover these 7 reasons that make it good to be a boy.

It’s a Boy! provides expert advice on the developmental, psychological, social, emotional, and academic life of boys from infancy through the teen years. Exploring the many ways in which boys strive for masculinity and attempt to define themselves, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., a leading international expert on boys’ development, and journalist Teresa H. Barker identify the key developmental transitions that mark a boy’s psychological growth and emotional health, and the challenges both boys and parents face at each age. • Baby Boys (birth to 18 months): falling in love with your son, healthy attachment, trust, and temperament • Toddler Years (18 months to 3 years): boys on the go, bold steps, blankies, budding language, and rambunctious physicality • Powerful Little Boys (ages 3 and 4): superhero ambitions, learning to manage the force of his anger, and celebrating the power of the boy group • Starting School (ages 5 through 7): developmental cues for school readiness, transitional challenges, tough talk, tender hearts, and first friends • Boys on a Mission (ages 8 through 10): striving for mastery in sports, organizing the boy brain for school success, and glaring academic gender gaps • The Preteen (ages 11 through 13): puberty, posturing, and popularity, the culture of cruelty, and stoic silence in the middle school years • Early High School (ages 14 and 15): powerful peer groups, sexuality, the shift away from Mom, and yearning for Dad’s respect and attention • On the Brink of Manhood (ages 16 through 18): the quest for independence, sex, love, driving, drinking, and other challenges of life Practical, insightful, and engaging, It’s a Boy! is the definitive guide to raising boys in today’s world, revealing with humor, compassion, and joy all the infinite varieties of boys and the profound ways in which we love them.

The most popular question any pregnant woman is asked, aside from "When are you due?", has got to be "Are you having a girl or a boy?" When author Andrea Buchanan, already a mom to a little girl, was pregnant with her second child, she marveled at the response of friends and total strangers alike: "Boys are wonderful," "Boys are so much better than girls," "Boys love their mothers differently than girls." This constant refrain led her to explore the issue herself, with help from her fellow writers and moms, many of whom had had the same experience. The result is It's A Boy, a wide-ranging, often-humorous, and honest collection of essays about the experience of mothering boys. Taking on topics like aggression, parenting a teenage boy, and wishing for a daughter but getting a son, It's A Boy explores what it's like to mother sons and how that experience may be different, but no less satisfying, than mothering girls.