BOYS' EDUCATION

CONTACT US

+61 403 808 244

drpeterwest@boyseducation.com.au

SERVICES

Dr Peter West is available to give workshops for teachers and parents on educating boys .

Contact Peter to arrange a talk or workshop for your school or group.

LINKS

DR PETER WEST BLOG

ALL THE YOUNG DADS

Reading to children has countless benefits

THE CONVERSATION

An international journal with articles by experts

Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate

GOOD MEN PROJECT

A US site on being a good man

A British site on how to be a better Dad

BOOKS

Fathers, Sons and Lovers:

Men Talk about Their Lives from the 1930s to Today

Finch, Sydney, 1996

What is the Matter with Boys?

Choice, Sydney, 2002

For their first two or three years, we teach boys to walk and talk.

And for the next fifteen years, we tell them to sit down and shut up.

DR PETER WEST

Dr Peter West is a well-known author and social commentator. For many years, he was Head of the Research Group on Men and Families, University of Western Sydney. He has written for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and www.onlineopinion.com.au.

He is the author of What is the Matter with Boys? (Choice Books) and Fathers, Sons and Lovers: Men Talk about Their Lives from the 1930s to Today (Finch).

He gives workshops for teachers and parents on educating boys overseas as well as in many parts of Australia and New Zealand.