**A* Financial Times* Book of the Month "An enchanting book about how to question the conventional, challenge the status quo, and unlock the creative solutions right under your nose." --Adam Grant, *New York Times* bestselling author of *Originals*, *Give and Take*, and *Option B* with Sheryl S
Boying up: how to be brave, bold and brilliant
โ Scribed by Bialik, Mayim
- Book ID
- 100548528
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group; Philomel Books
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1004 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- New York, NY
- ISBN
- 0525515984
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โฆ Synopsis
Mayim Bialik, star of The Big Bang Theory and author of the #1 bestseller Girling Up, puts her Ph.D. to work to talk to teen boys about the science and pressures of growing up male in today's world. A must-have book for all teenage boys!
Why does my voice crack like that? What should I eat to build muscle? How do I talk to someone I have a crush on? What do I do if someone calls me names or bullies me?
Growing from a boy to a man is no easy task. Bodies are changing, social circles are evolving, hair is appearing in places it never was before -- and on top of it all, there's the ever-present pressure to conform to the typical idea of what it means to be "manly" and masculine. But it's easier to do if you're armed with facts.
Using personal anecdotes as an overly observant mother of two boys and plenty of scientific information from her life as a neuroscientist, Mayim Bialik, PhD, star of The Big Bang Theory, talks directly to teen boys about what...
โฆ Subjects
Teenage boys -- Psychology
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