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Challenging Boys
A Proven Plan for Keeping Your Cool and Helping Your Son Thrive
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Challenging Boys
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Kevin Shen
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J. Timothy Davis PhD
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An innovative approach for parents of challenging boys to prevent meltdowns and put out fires
Parenting is often called the toughest job you will ever love. If you have a challenging boy, one who won’t take no for an answer, argues every decision, and explodes at the slightest provocation, you know how incredibly tough parenting can be. But with the right tools, you can bring out the best in your child—and in you as a parent.
In Challenging Boys: A Proven Plan for Keeping Your Cool and Helping Your Son Thrive, Timothy Davis draws on his experience as a child and family psychologist, father of three, and volunteer firefighter to help parents remain calm and in control even when it feels like the house is on fire during yet another meltdown. Like a firefighter, Davis teaches parents how to create a plan ahead of time to prepare for emergencies. He shows how to identify and manage specific triggers, recognize the patterns that challenging episodes follow, and plan for de-escalating a meltdown when it does occur. This plan is not a one-size-fits-all approach, because every boy is unique; instead, it is based on the child’s individual needs and each parent’s strength.
While challenging boys can make life difficult for parents, teachers, siblings, and peers, Davis emphasizes that these children actually aren’t oppositional at all. They want to please, but often lack the skills to do so. Challenging Boys teaches parents how to help their boys develop these skills so that their natural gifts can shine.©2025 J. Timothy Davis, PhD (P)2026 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Critic Reviews
On every page I was wanting to take notes for myself, as a therapist to be sure, but as a father as well. I hope your copy of this book will become as marked up and beloved as mine. (Dr. Christopher Willard, PsyD, Harvard Medical School; author of Growing Up Mindful)
Challenging Boys is based on the powerful idea that the pathway to success is understanding yourself and understanding your son. Tim Davis takes readers beyond blame, beyond simplistic solutions, and beyond hopelessness, to a place of hope and the possibility of deep change. (Lawrence Cohen, Ph.D., author of Playful Parenting)
Tim Davis will help you with techniques and strategies for maintaining your calm. The wisdom in this book would be helpful to most parents of any child. (Adele Diamond, Ph.D., Professor of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, University of British Columbia)
With compelling vignettes and useful exercises, this book is essential reading for parents seeking to rediscover joy in their relationship with their growing boy. (Claudia Gold, M.D., pediatrician and author of Getting to Know You)
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