How to Raise a Gentle Man, the latest from gentle parenting specialist Sarah Ockwell-Smith, has just been praised in an article about raising sensitive young men in The Times:

“Ockwell-Smith advocates, among other things, encouraging boys to talk about how they feel, demonstrating empathy and giving them the freedom to explore their identity without admonishing them should their interests stray outside the boundaries of traditional masculine norms.”

Subscribers can read the full article here.

How to Raise a Gentle Man is a book for any parent or carer who wants to break that cycle and for those who are fed up with boys being blamed for everything. Toxic masculinity doesn’t just hurt women and girls, it hurts boys too.

Sarah Ockwell-Smith, bestselling childcare expert and mother to three young men, argues that the answer to raising kind, respectful and gentle boys is not to ban social media or access to the internet, lay the blame solely at the feet of the incel movement or misogynistic influencers or to introduce reactionary Governmental education policies as a response to Netflix dramas.

The only truly effective way to help our boys is through the way we raise them.

How to Raise a Gentle Man gives step by step instructions for concerned parents and carers who want to get to the root of the problem and help boys to thrive in the manosphere. Whether you’re a parent to a newborn, a teacher to an eight year old, or raising a teenager, you’ll find plenty of advice here for you.

How to Raise a Gentle Man is out now. Grab your copy here or, better, via your local bookshop or bookshop.org.