This book offers an adjustment plan for the defects and shortcomings in boys’ education among Chinese families. It is a practical training manual for the families with children. The author accurately summarizes the 12 essential qualities or virtues of a good man: self-improvement, self-reliance, self-discipline, self-confidence, optimistic, strong, brave, decisive, generous, responsible, trustworthy, grateful. In this book, there is in-depth analysis of the characteristics of each virtue and the methods for their cultivation, and vivid cases are listed to show the wrongdoings in boy’s moral cultivation. Despite of a simple and kind language, the truths are thought-provoking.

Dong Zi is a best-selling writer of family education books and candidate of the “2013 Person of the Year in Education” (2013). He has been dedicated to psychological counseling and educational research for more than 20 years.