What is Good Communication

From: Cracking the Boy Code

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• Social communication is the greatest communication challenge for boys

• Vocabulary, phrasing, and tone set the stage for great conversations.

• Get inside a boy’s mental orbit by paying attention to what is important to him.

• Be generous with your respect.

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Adam Cox

Adam J. Cox Ph.D, is a clinical psychologist whose work includes thousands of hours interviewing children. His research includes a multi-year global research project, Locating Significance in the Lives of Boys, for the International Boys' Schools Coalition, during which he interviewed students and teachers in the US, UK, Canada, Singapore, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, from a wide variety of social and educational backgrounds. A sought-after therapist and frequent speaker on the psychology of boys, he is author of the acclaimed books On Purpose Before Twenty, Boys of Few Words and No Mind Left Behind. Cox lives in Rhode Island and shares his wisdom in his newsletter Family Matters at DrAdamCox.com.