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Steve Biddulph looks at childcare choices and the dilemmas that so often arise:\u003cbr\u003e- ‘I want to stay at home with my child but don’t know how I can’\u003cbr\u003e- ‘I don’t know what is better: nursery, creche or childminder’\u003cbr\u003e- ‘if other people look after my child will it affect its development and happiness?’\u003c\/p\u003e          \u003cp\u003eIt examines the two-income ‘slaves to work’ culture in the UK and how in the past ten years, the number of babies and toddlers under three who are spending all day (8am to 6pm) in nurseries has quadrupled. 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In this expanded and updated edition, Steve Biddulph shares practical and honest advice to parents so they can recognise the different stages of boyhood and learn how to raise happy, confident and kind young men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoys need to be parented in a different way from girls with their own very special psychological and physical make-up. Home, society and education have failed boys badly – and these failures lead to unhappy men who cannot fully become happy, responsible, emotionally-confident adults. While it is essential that boys spend more time learning about manhood from their fathers, Biddulph updates his classic to include helpful information for mothers and single mothers with baby boys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis extended edition explores some important topics:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow ADHD may be caused by stress in the first year of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether boys should start school later than girls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow important it is to let boys cry, and how crying helps avoid violence, suicide, and risky behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo completely new stages of boyhood we didn’t know about: the FULL ON FOURS and the EMOTIONAL EIGHTS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelp for single mothers raising sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to choose a sport that does more good than harm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat we can do about boys and binge drinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat science can tell us about teenage boys and driving – and how we can keep our sons safe. 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