As a mom, it’s only natural that we worry about our children. I worry about both of my kids, but Zachary is one that I tend to worry about more. He’s in fourth grade this year which means next year is fifth grade and after that…MIDDLE SCHOOL. Yep. I’m already freaked out about middle school. Masterminds and Wingmen is an excellent tool for parents.
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About a month ago I was asked to review a great book called Masterminds and Wingmen: Helping Our Boys Cope with Schoolyard Power, Locker-Room Tests, Girlfriends, and the New Rules of Boy World
About Masterminds and wingmen
Rosalind Wiseman’s bestselling book, Queen Bees and Wannabes — the basis of the hit film Mean Girls — upended assumptions about how teenage girls relate to one another. But lost in the attention was an equally important and vulnerable group: boys.
Less prone to talk about their feelings and stereotyped as settling every dispute with a fistfight, boys face social issues that have long been ignored as an important key to understanding their behavior. So Wiseman, a mother of two boys, decided to pull back the curtain on “Guy Word”, working collaboratively for two years with middle-school and high-school boys to explore their own complicated, emotional world.
My Thoughts
I really enjoyed this book. It gave me a lot of insight on how I can help my son if he were in a situation like this. If you have a son, this book is very beneficial to have on hand to flip through as you need to. And likewise, if you have a daughter, you need to check out Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World
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