Boying Up

How to Be Brave, Bold and Brilliant

By: Mayim Bialik

Narrated by: Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik, Jeopardy! host and star of The Big Bang Theory and author of the #1 bestseller Girling Up, puts her Ph.D. to work to talk to teen boys about the science and pressures of growing up male in today's world. A must-have book for all teenage boys!

Why does my voice crack like that? What should I eat to build muscle? How do I talk to someone I have a crush on? What do I do if someone calls me names or bullies me?

Growing from a boy to a man is no easy task. Bodies are changing, social circles are evolving, hair is appearing in places it never was before -- and on top of it all, there's the ever-present pressure to conform to the typical idea of what it means to be "manly" and masculine. But it's easier to do if you're armed with facts.

Using personal anecdotes as an overly observant mother of two boys and plenty of scientific information from her life as a neuroscientist, Mayim Bialik, PhD, star of The Big Bang Theory, talks directly to teen boys about what it means to grow from a boy to a man biologically, psychologically, and sociologically. Using the same cool, fun, and friendly tone that she took in Girling Up, Mayim takes boys--and their parents!--through the challenges and triumphs of Boying Up today.

In six sections (How Boys Bodies Work; How Boys Grow; How Boys Learn; How Boys Cope; How Boys Love; and How Boys Make a Difference), she takes a look at what it means for boys to come of age in today's world, how can they take control of their paths, and what can they do to help shape the types of futures they want for themselves.

Praise for Boying Up:

"A matter-of-fact mirror that reflects reality and respect, not bewildered embarrassment." --Kirkus Reviews

"Boying Up hits all the hot spots and should be included in tween and teen library collections." --VOYA

Critic reviews

Praise for Boying Up:

"A matter-of-fact mirror that reflects reality and respect, not bewildered embarrassment." --Kirkus Reviews

"Boying Up hits all the hot spots and should be included in tween and teen library collections." --VOYA

Wonderfully accessible to our 15 year old son & us

Listening to Mayim Bialik is like listening to a good & wise friend! Thank you for context and direction. This book has added so much to our ongoing conversations between us and/with our son. So enriching! I've just purchased "Girling Up" for myself so I can rethink a few things in my life with Bialik's guidance and I am 55!

this book was a perfect guide to help young boys

great conversation starter as well as an obvious guide to growing up. Mayim is also a wonderful narrator.

I’m in different.

I follow the author for over two decades, and I thought that I would read this book because she’d have a lot to say what she did. My problem is I think when very scientific people explain things to general public, the cold callus truth of it without any warmth or expression of kindness coming through gets lost. I’m sure this all makes some people very unhappy but that’s my opinion, good luck listening to this book.

Mom of 3 boys

3 of my 4 children are boys. I figured any info on the struggle they live in their formative teen years is better than none. Certain sections of the book were a little too progressive and open minded for me, but I guess it's the reality my son's will face. Not sure if I'll buy the book for my 13 year old boy.

Lots of rehash from Girling Up

Good book, but it’s super similar to her first book. Like whole passages copy and pasted.