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 Single-sex classes work
During the 1990s psychologist and family therapist Steve Biddulph provoked an extensive debate about families and parenting with his controversial books and talks that re-evaluated how we raise and educate boys. Today Mr Biddulph stands by his original premise, that raising boys is unfortunately fraught with difficulty, especially when it comes to schooling, due a widespread lack of understanding of boys' psyche and the fact that they develop at different rates and in a different sequence to girls. 'Boys at five are still getting their big muscles to work and are not ready to sit still in a desk,' he said. 'They don't have the language skills that girls do either.' Mr Biddulph said there can be a difference of six to 12 months between the abilities of girls and boys. More emphasis on activity and play in the first year, and less on neat work and sitting still, he said, should be the objective.
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