"When I read your book, I breathed a sigh of relief to finally understand that boys are different form girls, and that is okay". Christine, mother of two boys

In Raising Boys, Steve Biddulph looks at the most important issues in boys' development from birth to manhood - and discusses the warm, strong parenting and guidance that boys need. He brings his humour, honesty and practical knowledge of families to the vital task of raising our sons.

• How can we teach boys to be happy confident and kind?
• The three stages of boyhood, and how to make them go smoothly
• Testosterone! How it changes behaviour and what to do about it
• How boys brains are different
• Understanding boys' vulnerabilities and how to overcome them
• How mothers teach boys about life and love
• Five essentials that fathers provide (and what to do it you are a single mum)
• How to help boys learn a caring attitude to sex
• Sport - encourage the right values in boys
• Eight major changes schools must make to be good places for boys