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  • By: Maggie Dent
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  • Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (256 ratings)

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Mothering Our Boys

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If we can see the world through boys’ eyes a little better, we will make different choices in the way we mother them…and we will find them less confusing and love them more deeply.

Mothers of sons are worried about raising their boys in a world where negative images of masculinity are front and centre of our media, almost every day. Not only that, but statistically our boys are still struggling in many ways.

Even though we live in a time where we recognise that nothing in gender is fixed, it remains a fact that the influence of a mother on her son is massive.

A mother of four sons herself, Maggie Dent draws on her personal experience - and over four decades work as a teacher, counsellor and now author and speaker - to help build understanding, empathy and compassion for our boys.

Maggie shares her five key secrets that every mum needs to know, and uses the voices of men she has worked with and surveyed to reveal what really matters in a boy’s relationship with his mother and other mother figures.

Maggie is one of Australia’s most popular parenting educators and her seminars about boys have sold out all across Australia, in Canada, and in the UK. She is finally sharing her insights, her reflections, and (as always) her humour around mothering boys in this book that will help you be the mum your son needs you to be.

“Maggie’s perspective on raising boys is spot on. She writes with humor and depth, providing insight and strategies for many of the most important issues facing moms. There is a lovely ease to her writing and a powerful honesty. I hope every mother of a son (and everyone else!) will read this book. The future of the world, to a great extent, depends on how we raise our boys." (Michael Gurian, New York Times best-selling author of The Wonder of Boys and Saving Our Sons)

©2018 Maggie Dent (P)2020 Maggie Dent

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Everyone needs this book!

I laughed and I cried! Maggie, Thankyou so much for writing this book and giving me advice and tips on how to understand my boys better and become a better mum.

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Amazing and enlightening book

Every parent should read this. Life changing. I use techniques every day. From every day tips for the little ones to things to store in my head as they get older and moodier.

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Light bulb moment

Mothering our boys is one of the most comprehensive insightful thoughtful and emotion provoking books I have read on boys. It made me laugh it made me cry and made me realise there was a lot of things I had to improve on to make sure I gave my boys the best life they could possibly have. Magis voice is so soothing and I am now about to listen to the book for the second time and take notes. I am so grateful for Magis books as I have change the way I love mother and parent my children.

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An excellent read.

A very good book that gives invaluable insights into how boys develop and their relationships with their mum through their early years.
Thank you Maggie.

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A gem of a book!

My heart is full, inspired and ever so wiser after listening to this treasure of a book.
Beautifully written in a gentle, often funny, conversational way that makes it relatable and easy to understand.
I appreciate all the extra resources and local experts mentioned in the book.
Maggie’s insights and knowledge has even helped me to get a better understanding of my husband.
Thank you so much for everything

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Life Changing - Highly Recommended

I loved the heck out of this book and wish I could give Maggie a hug for all her advice.

I laughed and cried all the way through it.

As a 1st time mum of a wonderful little boy, it gave me so much understanding into how different our needs and communication styles can be. It even helps me understand my partner.

I will be listening to it every year because I’ll get something new and different out of it depemding which stage where at.

Now as an student in childhood education, to listen to the rest of Maggies books.

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Beautiful book all parents should hear

This book is beautifully put together with real life examples and simple explanations on why boys do what they do, and how to help support them into great adults of the future.

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Wonderful!

So insightful and beautifully read. Thank you Maggie for guiding us. As a mum of a boy, it has really opened my eyes.

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The best parenting book I’ve ever read

I’ve read a tonne of parenting books — and this is by far the best.

While listening to it, I repeatedly thought to myself: "This is one book that EVERY single mother of sons should read."

You will understand all of the wild and wonderful things about your boys, what makes them tick, how to love them best, how to diffuse difficult situations, how to help them through times of challenge, how to prevent them from forming a 'mother wound', how to help them make friends, help them become BEAUTIFUL MEN who love their Mummas and want to come home at Christmas, Easter, and always.

Best of all, you will gain a better understanding of their hearts, their souls, and how they think (it's very different to women!).

As a mother of two beautiful sons, this book was such a gift for me.

If every single mother of sons could / would read this book, the world would be a much brighter place.

Thank you, Maggie. A whole generation of parents is indebted to you.

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fantastic

I wish I head read this 8 years ago before my first son was born.

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