false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170382250m/51723.jpg 51723 5 <i>Reviving Ophelia</i>, Mary Pipher's groundbreaking book, exposed the toxic environment faced by adolescent girls in our society. Now, from the same publisher, comes <i>Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys</i> by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson, which does the same for adolescent boys. Boys suffer from a too-narrow definition of masculinity, the authors assert as they expose and discuss the relationship between vulnerability and developing sexuality, the "culture of cruelty" boys live in, the "tyranny of toughness," the disadvantages of being a boy in elementary school, how boys' emotional lives are squelched, and what we, as a society, can do about all this without turning "boys into girls." "Our premise is that boys will be better off if boys are better understood--and if they are encouraged to become more emotionally literate," the authors assert. As a tool for change, Kindlon and Thompsom present the well-developed "What Boys Need," seven points that reach far beyond the ordinary psychobabble checklist and slogan list. Kindlon (researcher and psychology professor at Harvard and practicing psychotherapist specializing in boys) and Thompson (child psychologist, workshop leader, and staff psychologist of an all-boys school) have created a chilling portrait of male adolescence in America. Through personal stories and theoretical discussion, this well-needed book plumbs the well of sadness, anger, and fear in America's teenage sons. <I>--Ericka Lutz</I> 50469 4 4 1999 Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys total:560|5:149|4:220|3:153|2:27|1:11| 560 2149 1048 136 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:35:30 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 15:27:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 true false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 06:38:08 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 06:46:30 -0700 2009 Partially
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I would recommend this book to anyone wanting to understand their boys better, but if you are looking for specific "Do this..." this is not the book for you

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