With so much confusion about the role of men in our society, it's no wonder so many parents and teachers are at a loss about how to bring up boys. Our culture has vilified masculinity and, as a result, boys are suffering.

Parents, teachers, and others involved in shaping the character of boys have many questions:

• Are boys fundamentally different from girls?
• What role does competition play in a boy's development?
• What is a father's unique contribution to parenting a son? What about a mom's role?
• How can grandparents contribute to raising a healthy grandson?
• What's the best way to educate boys?
• What advice is available for single parents of sons?
• What causes homosexuality? Can it be prevented?
• What should we be doing to shape the next generation of men?

Dr. Dobson holds a Ph.D. in Child Development from the University of Southern California. He served for fourteen years as the Associate Clinical Professor of pediatrics at the USC School of Medicine, and for seventeen years on the attending staff of Children's Hospital of Los Angeles in the division of child development and medical genetics. Dr. Dobson and his wife reside in Colorado and have two grown children.

Dr. Dobson's books are international best-sellers and include such titles as Dare to Discipline (which was selected as one of 50 books to be rebound and placed in the White House Library), The New Dare to Discipline, Hide or Seek, What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew about Women, The Strong-Willed Child, When God Doesn't Make Sense, Dr. Dobson Answers Your Questions, and Straight Talk to Men and their Wives.