About this Book

Annotation Listen to what real boys are really saying, in their own voices, about their lives today, the pressures and pleasures. What do boys really feel and think about: school, bullies, sports, sadness and depression, pressures to be an athlete or to look good; sex, parents, siblings, video games, the internet, music, drugs, alcohol, friendships with girls and boys, and more. All the topics you want to hear about are covered, in this eye-opening book. In Real Boys, Dr. William Pollack took us into the inner and outer worlds of boys by revealing the Boy Code and how to crack it. Now Pollack opens up boys and lets them speak for themselves. The boys' voices in this book are drawn from Pollack's "Listening to Boys' Voices" Study, which was one of the bases for Real Boys, and also on fresh interviews and research. In the opening section of this book, Pollack orients us once again to how to understand who boys really are, by understanding the Boy Code -- and breaking through it. He explains why it is difficult to get boys to speak about their true thoughts and feelings, how adults can do it -- instead of short-circuiting what boys really want to.