Parents, are you looking for some reading during the upcoming school holidays?
Celia Lashlie studied teenage boys in the “Good man” project in New Zealand which involved her working with teenage boys in 25 different schools. She looked at what teenage boys go through in their journey towards becoming a man, and their relationships with their mother and father. Many of her ideas suit a “typical Joeys boy” really well.
Below are links to her book and a TV interview with her as well as a podcast of a radio interview she did in Australia.
TV interview (25 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S45Dj_HTFho
Radio interview (51 minutes): http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/02/20/4183568.htm
Book: Lashlie, Celia (2005). He’ll be OK: growing gorgeous boys into good men. http://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780730400424/