Learn the secret language of boys and how to reconnect

Dr. Cox's latest work is both inspiring and instructive.
- Dr. John M. Botti, Head of School, The Browning School, New York

Provides an exceptional tool to understand what makes boys tick. Original and exceptional research to help parents and teachers.
- David Anderson, IBSC Jarvis-Hawley Award winner 2017

Will become a go-to resource for parents, caregivers, teachers, and professionals.
- Mary Gauthier, Executive Director, Greenwood Centre for Teaching and Learning, Greenwood College School, Toronto

ALL TOO QUICKLY, talkative, affectionate young boys seem to slip away.

Adolescents may be transformed overnight into reclusive, seemingly impenetrable young people who open up only to their friends and spend more time on devices than with family. How do you penetrate this shell before they are lost to you?

Drawing on decades of experience garnered through thousands of hours of therapy with boys, Cracking the Boy Code explains how the key to communicating with boys is understanding their universal psychological needs and using specific, straightforward communication techniques. Coverage includes:

• How to talk to be heard, and listen to understand


• The crucial role of non-verbal cues


• Learning the universal tone that helps boys listen


• Motivating boys to become their authentic selves


• Using purposeful work to teach boys self-respect and confidence.

Essential reading for parents, caregivers, teachers, youth workers, coaches, and others who want to make a real connection with the boys in their lives.

ADAM J. COX Ph.D, is a clinical psychologist whose work encompasses two decades of psychotherapy with children and adolescents, and hundreds of consultations with schools. A sought-after therapist and frequent speaker on the psychology of boys, he is author of the acclaimed books On Purpose Before Twenty, Boys of Few Words, and No Mind Left Behind. Cox lives in Rhode Island and shares his wisdom at DrAdamCox.com.

Prologue

Part I: Strategies and Techniques for Talking
Chapter 1: What Is Good Communication?
Chapter 2: Is He Hearing You?
Chapter 3: What's He Thinking?
Chapter 4: Great Beginnings
Chapter 5: Vocal Tone and Eye Contact

Part II: Deepening the Conversation
Chapter 6: Authenticity - Helping Boys Become Themselves
Chapter 7: Boys and Work
Chapter 8: Keys to Motivation
Chapter 9: Therapy with Boys

Appendix: Fifty Purposeful Work Ideas
Endnotes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
A Note about the Publisher

Adam J. Cox, Ph.D is a clinical psychologist whose work includes thousands of hours interviewing children. His research includes a multi-year global research project, Locating Significance in the Lives of Boys, for the International Boys' Schools Coalition, during which he interviewed students and teachers in the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, from a wide variety of social and educational backgrounds. A sought-after therapist and frequent speaker on the psychology of boys, he is author of the acclaimed books On Purpose Before Twenty, Boys of Few Words and No Mind Left Behind. Cox lives in Rhode Island and shares his wisdom in his newsletter Family Matters at DrAdamCox.com.