This book is aimed for parents but I think it’s a good guide for anyone who considers themselves a part of any young boy’s village. After all, “it takes a village”.

Great book for parents of boys. In addition to covering gender, consent, and empathy, the author discusses talking to your son's about sex and their changing bodies, implicit and explicit biases, privilege, and addressing microaggressions. This book really wasn't just about being a "feminist boy" but rather one who recognized differences and would do his best to be a good citizen not just to women but to everyone.
I especially enjoyed the areas where the author had sample questions/conversation starters, and where she broke things out by age groups. Lots of helpful info in here, and the main message to communicate and not be embarrassed yourself about discussing anything with your sons.

Raising feminist boys worries me. I have a mix of sons and daughters. Our daughters are more capable, and consequently, we call on them more to undertake household tasks. This sets the boys up for a society of expectations, so we have become more deliberate about making sure we call on the boys equally. I grew up with no brothers, I've never really seen boys be parented, and so I have to be very conscious about all of this. This book is great. It reflects on so much, from the very beginning. As the author says in the introduction, we generally prepare for parenting from a logistics perspective - how to pack a nappy bag, or a routine for the baby, how to get a good sleep pattern - but we don't really read books that prepare us for parenting adults-to-be. The book explains the problems, and it comes up with strategies and solutions. I recommend this for all parents - of boys or girls (or a mix) - but especially for those who parent boys. The book talks about role modelling, too, and making space for both men and women to have opportunities.

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I found thinking intentionally about my basis thoughts to be helpful but I also disagree that we should start thinking about boys and girls as the same (not forming certain biases). I believe gender is an eternal and spiritual characteristic and certain traits are inherited in certain genders. In essence I started disagreeing with alot of this book and quit reading it cause I got bored. Sorry!

With a PhD, a Harvard lecturer and supervising clinical psychologist at Boston Behavioural Medicine, Bobbi Wegner is the author of Raising Feminist Boys. Subtitled -How to Talk to Your Child About Gender, Consent, and Empathy, this is a self-help book for Parents, Families, Educators and Child Carers. Based on developmental stages, it provides strategies and resources to cultivate empathy and promote justice and equity. Based on equality for all, it challenges us to explore our personal operative internal compasses. Don’t let the term feminist put you off, or think it’s just about raising boys – this is ‘subject human decency 101’ in a clear, readable and helpful manner for all. A powerful educative volume on raising our children to be compassionate, emotionally intelligent and reasonable adults with a five-star must read rating. With much thanks to New Harbinger Publications, Inc. and the author for an uncorrected proof for review purposes.

What an important read in this day and age. This book had me opening my eyes and taking a look at how I perceive the world and how I want to make subtle changes to raise my sons in the world. It's important to understand that the word FEMINIST doesn't mean raising "sissy" boys. It means teaching your sons that there is inequality and they can make a difference by being understanding of their privilege and being compassionate, empathetic, and all around more conscientious.
If you have a son, or nephew, or younger brother, this is definitely a book you need to pick up and read!

This was an incredibly in-depth and well-explained book to read. The language was accessible and translated a lot of complex psychological underpinnings. I loved the examples and tips given under each subcategory. This is definitely a manual to help raise your children. I don't have my own children myself, but I think that this is going to be a valuable resource for all parents and parents-to-be.
This isn't a quick read, it's something you will take a little from every day, something that will sit with you and change the way you look at raising your little ones.

I was excited to read this book, but just didn't feel like there was a lot of new or particularly insightful information.

I don't know when or why reading parenting books has become a thing for me these days but I consider myself lucky to be able to lay my hands on a copy of this book and for that I like to thank NetGalley.
I am sure that the fear of becoming a parent is a common feeling among us because we don't want to bring kids to life to see them struggle with the discrimination we were once a victim of or worse, to see them be a part of this discrimination against other people. I always thought that what parents can do to change the world is so small compared to society's regular efforts to put the new generations in the same old boxes through media and social messaging. This book crushed that thought, took that fear and turned it into a challenge. My favorite thing about it is that it starts off by validating the parent and reminding them that the goal is not to be perfect but to actually accept that you will make mistakes and to create a healthy environment within the family to discuss that mistake, learn from it and grow together. My second favorite thing is that this book shows how raising a feminist boy does not only lead to having a future feminist man but a better human too. I also really appreciate all the ideas the author presented and can clearly see how impactful they can be. I love the format this book comes in and how all the activities, approaches of topics and pieces of advice are sorted according to the child's age. It's necessary to say too that I am grateful for all the other resources mentioned in this book as I am impatient to discover more about this topic.
I feel like I will sleep a bit more peacefully tonight knowing that this book exists, that I can go back to it if I ever choose to be a mom and that some parents will read it and make iis words their quest. I genuinely recommend this.

This is such a good starting point for parents to have conversations with their sons. As parents, we have so many things that we need to teach and books like this help us.

I received a free e-ARC from the author/publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I want to start by saying that I am not a parent. I hope to be one day, but it hasn't happened for me yet. But one of the things I worry about (among a host of others) is raising a child in this modern world - a world of social media, and terrorism, and anti-feminist misogynistic men's groups. While posting updates on my Twitter account while reading this book, I was contacted by one of these men about the author and a TED talk she did on the subject that had 28K dislikes. And it made me scared for a while. And then I felt angry that some arrogant misogynistic nobody made me feel unsafe. So here I am, posting this review in spite of them.

In my opinion, this book is an excellent roadmap for parents (particularly of boys) who are wanting to raise healthy, happy, well-adjusted human beings who stand up for their beliefs. While many may think of feminism as just being about equality between men and women, this book is more about the broadest definition of feminism - equality and equity for all regardless of sex, gender, race, culture, religion, sexuality, disability etc.

It covers a range of topics ranging from exploring implicit and explicit bias, to gender, consent, and sexuality. It starts with developing an open, supportive relationship with your child, so they feel secure enough to talk with you about anything. A lot is really just sound parenting advice, laid out in a very accessible, straight forward manner. The idea is that if you build a strong foundation, you can continue to build on that.

For each topic the author provides a guide for age-appropriate conversations and activities, with plenty of examples throughout. Sometimes I found these to be a little on the clinical side (the author is a psychologist) and they weren't things I would naturally say. However, I feel like the idea is to personalise it to you and your child, so it was only a minor quibble.

I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to parents, grandparents, carers and even to-be parents who want to raise respectful, feminist children, and who want to have a strong and lasting bond with their child.

This is. a great book to continuously come back to. as boys grow up. I liked the advice, knowledge and research that went into this. I liked how it broke down the different facets of feminism and building empathy. There was a lot more to raising feminists than I originally realized.

I love the whole idea of this one. Sometimes people really do just need a little guidance on how to have these highly important conversations