I've taught 7th-12th grade boys for nearly 15 years and my colleagues and I use many of the approaches and strategies Homayoun outlines. This is a valuable resource for parents, and while I don't find it as helpful to lump boys into "stereotypes" as thinkers, I have found that allaying a parent's concern or anxiety surrounding their son by reassuring them this in not unique behavior is a good thing. Homayoun does not set out in this book to examine the very different way in which boys learn, but really on how they can survive in a rigorous system that may not always play to their strengths. In my professional opinion, it is VERY typical behavior for a pre-adolescent/adolescent boy to struggle with organization. In my class, I do have my students work with learning how to organize using binders, assignment notebooks, active learning and exploring various approaches to learning the subject. My hope is that it will help give them the resources they will need to succeed in traditional education forums. I appreciated Homayoun's inclusion of strategies for students suffering from health issues, coping with the loss of a loved one and challenged by the separation of parents. Most of all, I think the most valuable take away explored in other books I have under this "bookshelf" is that parents are doing a disservice to their son if they micromanage the young man or swoop in to fix the problems/symptoms (late hw, procrastination, missing materials) instead of addressing the root and source. The goal is to teach the young man path ways to succeed, let him try and fail and with time and patience, support and positivity, he will succeed!