Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons by Meg Meeker, M.D.; Unabridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Pam Ward

What are little boys made of? It used to be frogs, snails and puppy dog tails, but today it is MTV, ADD, and STDs. So how do parents raise their sons to be respectful and responsible young men despite a toxic culture that relentlessly undermines masculine virtues such as moral strength, self-restraint, and respect for women? By letting boys be boys.

Dr. Meg Meeker, best-selling author of Strong fathers, Strong Daughters, follows up on her success with Boys Should Be Boys-a guide for parents on how to raise a strong son in these turbulent times. Taking readers on a journey from boyhood to manhood, Boys should be Boys delves into the mind heart and sprit of boys, showing parents how they can make a difference between the boy their son is and the man he will become.

“Pam Ward reads this illuminating guide with gravitas. Her performance works…to drive home the point that boys need careful parenting to become functional, integrated, and fulfilled men…These helpful insights are nuanced and arresting, especially when compared to popular views that oversimplify and demonize boys. This is a comprehensive and intelligent resource for parents who feel insecure about their sons, their parenting, or both.”—AudioFile

Meg Meeker, M.D., has spent the last twenty years practicing pediatric and adolescent medicine and counseling teens and parents. She is a fellow at both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Advisory Board of The Medical Institue and is the author of several books. She is the mother of four children.

Pam Ward has had many incarnations, including private detective, classical musician, television talk-show host, and actress, having performed in dinner theater, summer stock, and Off-Broadway, as well as in commercials, radio, and film. But she found her true calling reading books for the blind and physically handicapped for the Library of Congress Talking Books program, for which she received the prestigious Alexander Scourby Award from the American Foundation for the Blind. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner, her many audiobooks include Dancing in the Streets by Barbara Ehrenreich, Breaking Free by Lauraine Snelling, The Second Journey by Joan Anderson, and Lion in the White House by Aida D. Donald. She now records from her studio amidst the beauty of the Southern Oregon mountains.