The Dangerous Book for Boys

[Quasqueton]

I have two boys -- 6 years and 2 years. I heard about this book and went to Amazon to look it up.

For the record: I have not read this book yet (will order it tonight from home).


I love the interview with the author at the bottom of the Amazon page.

http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Boo...5387213?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178301296&sr=8-1

"You only have to push a boy on a swing to see how much enjoys the thrill of danger. It's hard-wired."
- My boys LOVE swinging. "Higher Daddy, higher!" Do girls like it *as much*?

"It was only while rewriting for the U.S. that I realized how many positive references there already are. You have NASA and NASA trumps almost anything."
- Is there anyone in the whole world that doesn't like NASA?

"Another school banned paper airplanes. Honestly, it's enough to make you weep, if I did that sort of thing, which I try not to."
- I recently introduced my 6-year-old to paper airplanes. I'm embarrassed to admit I couldn't make one fly an exciting distance. I *must* relearn that skill.

Quasqueton

 

[sedarfaery]

Sounds like an interesting book. I'm not married or have any kids, but I sure would like to give it a good read over.

 

[Jdvn1]

I flipped through this book the other day--pretty neat stuff.

 

[sedarfaery]

I flipped through this book the other day--pretty neat stuff.

Is it worth the price of admission?

 

[Jdvn1]

I'd say it's worth a $15-20 book, though obviously more if you get a lot of use out of it. It has tons of random neat facts.

(I don't know if this book is on sale in any brick-and-mortar bookstores, but even if it isn't, a $20 price tag is easily attainable with coupons.)

 

[sedarfaery]

I'd say it's worth a $15-20 book, though obviously more if you get a lot of use out of it. It has tons of random neat facts.

(I don't know if this book is on sale in any brick-and-mortar bookstores, but even if it isn't, a $20 price tag is easily attainable with coupons.)

Thanks. I'll definetely be checking this out.

 

[BoGGiT]

Great... Adding even more layers of concrete to gender roles in society? Is that really what we need? And written by the author of that horrible "Emperor" series...

Ah, I'll stop with the pessimism, let me just say this... Whenever you brits and yanks feel like leaving the 19th century behind (together with all backwards ideas about men being from mars and women from venus), I'll be standing by the entrence to 2007 serving cookies. Feel free to join the rest of us anytime you want

 

[jaerdaph]

Ah, I'll stop with the pessimism, let me just say this... Whenever you brits and yanks feel like leaving the 19th century behind (together with all backwards ideas about men being from mars and women from venus), I'll be standing by the entrence to 2007 serving cookies. Feel free to join the rest of us anytime you want

And I'll be waiting for you when you decide to enter the 21st century by dropping the overgeneralizations and stereotypes about entire nations of people.

I'll even bring quiche.

Jaerdaph Baeloss, the Original Metrosexual.

 

[BoGGiT]

And I'll be waiting for you when you decide to enter the 21st century by dropping the overgeneralizations and stereotypes about entire nations of people.

Touché

Still though, judging from what that amazon page said, I find that book and what it represents to be pretty darn offensive to me as a humanist believing in gender equality. I sure hope I'm not the only one on these forums to think so.

 

[Jdvn1]

And I'll be waiting for you when you decide to enter the 21st century by dropping the overgeneralizations and stereotypes about entire nations of people.

I'll even bring quiche.

Jaerdaph Baeloss, the Original Metrosexual.

Ditto that.

It's just a neat book! Don't judge it by its cover (or title).