http://www.lionswhiskers.com/2011/08/courage-book-review-dangerous-book-for.html A parenting coach and a children's book author discuss raising their kids to have courage for the challenges on the path ahead Tue, 02 Jun 2015 06:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 http://www.lionswhiskers.com/2011/08/courage-book-review-dangerous-book-for.html#comment-191 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:11:00 +0000 http://www.lionswhiskers.com/?p=211#comment-191 Hi Barbaloot – thanks for your feedback.I totally understand what you are saying about gender stereotypes.I think you might discover, as I did, that the title is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, part of the retro styling.Also, next week we're reviewing The Daring Book for Girls, which has a very similar selection of skills and activities (trust me, the girls' book is not about ironing and baby-sitting!)Maybe you'll want to share both books with your son, and have a discussion about the stereotypes you are lamenting?

]]> http://www.lionswhiskers.com/2011/08/courage-book-review-dangerous-book-for.html#comment-190 Mon, 01 Aug 2011 06:45:00 +0000 http://www.lionswhiskers.com/?p=211#comment-190 I'm so sad about the title.I'm so sick of everything for children being labelled by gender.I want my son to have the sort of skills in the book, but I don't want him to think for one second they are limited to boys or that because he is a boy he HAS to enjoy certain types of things.I want to instill the social courage required to stand up and challenge all sorts of stereotypes and simply not participate in things that perpetuate those stereotypes.Why oh why did they have to chose such an obnoxious title?!

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