An urgent and practical book that helps parents and theirboys navigate important topics like sex, drugs, bullying, power, consent, andmore in a way that helps them grow their emotional intelligence, while alsobuilding connection and a closeness that can last a lifetime.

Talk to your Boysis a practical guide to communicating with yourtween and teen boy with the goal of raising young men who care about themselvesand others.

The book focuses on 16 essential and widerangingconversations on mental health and masculinity, sex and consent, money andpower, violence and guns, and more.

Packed with helpful advice, conversation starters, tips andscripts,Talk to YourBoysis designed to help familiesget better at having these crucial, but sometimes awkward, discussions with thelarger goal to raise emotionally intelligent men who aren’t hemmed in byoutdated ideas of masculinity.

Coauthors Joanna Schroeder, a parenting journalist, andChristopher Pepper, an awardwinning educator, have a real understanding of howchallenging it is to navigate the everchanging worlds of teenagers withcompassion and wisdom-especially when one has multiple children at differentstages of development.

Their practical advice is woven together with interviewswith the leading experts in psychology, gender issues, and child developmentalong with the voices and perspectives from dozens of teen boys from differentbackgrounds.

About the Author

Joanna Schroederis a writer, editor and mediacritic who is known for her bold voice and unique perspectives on parentingissues. She currently serves as managing editor of the YourTango Expertsprogram, where she works daily with psychologists, child development experts,life coaches, and parenting consultants.

She has been published in The New York Times, Redbook, GoodHousekeeping, Esquire, The Boston Globe, MSN, and The Huffington Post, and hasappeared on TV and radio shows like “Red Table Talks” with JadaPinkett-Smith, “AC360” with Anderson Cooper, “CBSNOriginals” with Adam Yamaguchi, CBC News, PBS, NPR, The BBC, Spectrum Newsand more. She also served as Executive Editor of The Good Men Project.

Schroeder is also co-author of the instructional publicationEmpowering Young Minds: A Conversation Guide for Interrupting ExtremistInfluence published in partnership with The Western States Center, anot-for-profit organization. She is mother to two teenage sons and a youngdaughter

Christopher Pepperis an award-winning educator with a uniquebackground in teaching, journalism, rape prevention, and curriculumdevelopment. He coordinates San Francisco Unified School District’s Young Men’sHealth Project, which brings middle and high school boys together in smallgroups to talk about relationships, emotions, and healthy masculinity.

After seeing a need for better sex ed lessons in his ownclassroom, Pepper helped create Be Real. Be Ready., a groundbreaking sexualityeducation curriculum that is now used in schools around the world.

He also worked with the New York Times Learning Network todevelop “The Reckoning: Teaching About the #MeToo Moment and SexualHarassment,” a large package of discussion prompts and classroom lessons.

He’s been published in The San Francisco Chronicle,Edutopia, and Greater Good Magazine, and interviewed in USA Today, MotherJones, Mic, and on National Public Radio. In addition to being a father of twoboys, he has also helped parent a foster son.