People Keep Talking About "Talk To Your Boys"

So grateful our book keeps receiving such a generous and enthusiastic welcome

Christopher Pepper, Joanna Schroeder, and Ashanti Branch at the Talk To Your Boys book launch in San Francisco - Sept. 10, 2025

Hi Readers! Our book Talk To Your Boys has been out for two months now, and we want to express our ongoing gratitude to all of you who have shared it, written about it, and bought it! The book is already in its second printing, and was just released in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

We are currently booking speaking engagements for 2026. We’re open to in-person and virtual panels, presentations, and keynotes. If you’d like us to speak to your school or organization about Talk To Your Boys, please email us at ttybbook@gmail.com. Similarly, if you are a writer, podcaster or journalist who would like to interview us, please get in touch!

To keep up with the latest, follow Talk To Your Boys on Instagram and Joanna Schroeder on TikTok. We’re sharing a few recent highlights here - thank you for being on this journey with us!

- Joanna and Christopher

We’ve Been Having Terrific Conversations

A LOT of people want to talk about boys today, and we’ve had some really wonderful discussions recently, including:

• Teenagers Untangled with Rachel Richards:
  Talk To Your Boys: Masculinity, Gaming, Sexuality and Emotions

• Playing with Fire with Shannon Watts:
  Joanna Schroeder Says It’s Imperative To Talk To Your Boys

• Zillion Trillion With Victoria de la Fuente:
  How to Talk to Your Boys (Before the Internet Does)

• Conversations with Common Sense Media

  Reflections on “Boys in the Digital Wild: Online Culture, Identity, and Well-Being,” with Christopher Pepper and Mike Robb, Common Sense Media’s Head of Research

We’ve Received Some Thoughtful Reviews

• We’re always grateful to see people reviewing this book, and warmly invite you to write a review of the book online, especially on Amazon and Goodreads. Reviews don’t have to be long - many are only 2-3 sentences!

  

We’ve Spoken At Some Wonderful Events

We’re thrilled that so many organizations and schools have invited us to share what we learned while writing and researching Talk To Your Boys, including:

• Independent Schools Association of the Central States

• The Parent Venture

• SSALA (School Speaker Alliance of Los Angeles)

• Laguna Blanca School (with support from Godmothers Books)

• Aspen Ideas: Health

• Nest Foundation Speaker Series

• Mindful Philanthropy

• Common Sense Media

• The Wonder Years Teacher Summit

• Fact Forward Summer Institute

• SHAPE America National Convention

We’ve Been Part Of Some Great News Stories

We’ve feel so grateful that we’ve been able to discuss Talk To Your Boys with many media outlets. Check out these stories!

• Irish Independent: ‘The Laissez-Faire Approach To Raising Boys Isn’t Working’ – How To Talk To Young Men About Drugs, Sex And Other Difficult Topics

• Psychology Today: The Algorithmic Education of Boys

• Buzzfeed: Gender Expert Reveals Why Women Are Quitting Dating

• The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum (Fox News Radio): Building Bonds Through Better Conversations

• Radio New Zealand with Jesse Mulligan: Raising Confident, Caring Young Men

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!!

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