21st Century Boys: How Modern life is driving them off the rails and how we can get them back on track

About Sue Palmer

Sue Palmer is a writer broadcaster and consultant on the education of young children. She is well-known to UK teachers as a specialist in literacy especially the teaching of writing but concern about children's lifestyles led her to research and publish the bestselling book TOXIC CHILDHOOD: How the Modern World Is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About It followed in 2007 by a practical handbook for parents DETOXING CHILDHOOD: What Parents Need to Know to Raise Bright Balanced Children and her most recent book 21ST CENTURY BOYS. Sue is also a popular speaker addressing thousands of teachers each year across the UK and around the world - and increasingly invited to address audiences of parents health professionals and others concerned with children's well-being. She writes frequently in the national press and has worked as a consultant to the National Literacy Trust the Basic Skills Agency many educational publishers the Department for Education and the BBC.Visit Sue Palmer's website at www.suepalmer.co.uk