Author Event! Joanna Schroeder & Jordan Reid

About the book:

An urgent and practical book that helps parents and their boys navigate important topics like sex, drugs, bullying, power, consent, and more in a way that helps them grow their emotional intelligence, while also building connection and a closeness that can last a lifetime.Talk to your Boys is a practical guide to communicating with your tween and teen boy with the goal of raising young men who care about themselves and others. The book focuses on 16 essential and wide‑ranging conversations on mental health and masculinity, sex and consent, money and power, violence and guns, and more. Packed with helpful advice, conversation starters, tips and scripts, Talk to Your Boys is designed to help families get better at having these crucial, but sometimes awkward, discussions with the larger goal to raise emotionally intelligent men who aren't hemmed in by outdated ideas of masculinity.Co‑authors Joanna Schroeder, a parenting journalist, and Christopher Pepper, an award‑winning educator, have a real understanding of how challenging it is to navigate the ever‑changing worlds of teenagers with compassion and wisdom—especially when one has multiple children at different stages of development. Their practical advice is woven together with interviews with the leading experts in psychology, gender issues, and child development along with the voices and perspectives from dozens of teen boys from different backgrounds.

About the authors:

Joanna Schroeder is a writer, editor and media critic who is known for her bold voice and unique perspectives on parenting issues. She currently serves as managing editor of the YourTango Experts program, where she works daily with psychologists, child development experts, life coaches, and parenting consultants. She has been published in The New York Times, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, The Boston Globe, MSN, and The Huffington Post, and has appeared on TV and radio shows like “Red Table Talks” with Jada Pinkett-Smith, “AC360” with Anderson Cooper, “CBSN Originals” with Adam Yamaguchi, CBC News, PBS, NPR, The BBC, Spectrum News and more. She also served as Executive Editor of The Good Men Project. Schroeder is also co-author of the instructional publication Empowering Young Minds: A Conversation Guide for Interrupting Extremist Influence published in partnership with The Western States Center, a not-for-profit organization. She is mother to two teenage sons and a young daughter.

Jordan Reid grew up as a working actress in New York City, studied cognitive neuroscience at Harvard, and went on to create the enormously popular lifestyle site Ramshackle Glam, where she wrote daily for nearly half a million readers and spearheaded national campaigns for dozens of international brands. She is the author of 12 books, including the bestselling Big Activity Book series -- which explore hilarious topics including anxiety, pregnancy, and divorce -- and has been the subject of features in outlets including The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Observer, and New York Magazine. She lives in Malibu, and is currently at work on her next book: An insider expose on the rise of influencer culture and the emotional cost of participation in a system that turns women into brands, motherhood into product, and vulnerability into currency.