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Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

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In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a nation of boys who are hurting--sad, afraid, angry, and silent. Kindlon and Thompson set out to answer this basic, crucial question: What do boys need that they're not getting? They illuminate the forces that threaten our boys, teaching them to believe that "cool" equals macho strength and stoicism. Cutting through outdated theories of "mother blame," "boy biology," and "testosterone," the authors shed light on the destructive emotional training our boys receive--the emotional miseducation of boys.

Kindlon and Thompson make a compelling case that emotional literacy is the most valuable gift we can offer our sons, urging parents to recognize the price boys pay when we hold them to an impossible standard of manhood. They identify the social and emotional challenges that boys encounter in school and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness and empathy--giving them the vital connections and support they need to navigate the social pressures of youth.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.23
EAN: 9780345434852
ISBN: 0345434854
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2000-04-04
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: 2000-04-04
Studio: Ballantine Books


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Summary: The challenges of raising boys.
Comment: Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Raising Cain is one of a number of books that address the challenges of raising boys, but it stands out among them by eschewing both the glib Gender War rhetoric and the underlying political or theological agendas that often characterize other books on this topic. Instead, it is both deeply insightful and full of compassion for the emotional lives of boys and men. Rather than offering a point-by-point program, the authors focus on various goals for raising boys, and make some suggestions on how we can accomplish them. It devotes an entire chapter to the relationship between fathers and sons, and a recurrent theme of the book is finding ways to effectively close the emotional distance between ourselves and our sons.

This book addresses issues for boys of all ages, and also discusses difficult topics such as depression, drug use and violence among boys. Finally, all fathers were sons at one time, and Raising Cain is a book that can help us better understand not only our sons but ourselves as well.

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Summary: Raising Cain a must read for all who are raising or educating boys.
Comment: This book is fantastic and written by 2 men who really know what they are talking about. It is written with clarity and in depth knowledge about boys regarding every aspect of their life. This is something that we all need to be aware of when raising boys and dealing with boys. Emotional illiteracy is widespread in our culture because of the way we socialise boys, as we don't allow them to get in touch with their feelings. This disconnection from the inner world causes much pain to him, and people who are close to him, as they often are unable to connect deeply with others, or to be truly empathetic. I applaud the men who wrote this book and I am at present working with a male client who is getting a great deal from the concepts discussed therein. It is a must read.

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Summary: Tape had no book on it.
Comment: I ordered this book tape from Prairie Books and the first tape had no book tape on it. I had to ship it back immediately.

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Summary: Raising Cain - Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
Comment: This book validates what I have been feeling all along. It gives me the words I need to deal with parenting and the school system regarding my son's development.

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Summary: Personal Beliefs and Values
Comment: This book is more for those who believe in a liberal approach to raising their children. While I believed that this book was focusing on treating your child with respect and love...teaching your child in turn to respect and love...it was apparent from reading it that the focus was more on allowing your child to be free from criticism and discipline. I would not suggest this book for anyone who believes in more traditional approaches to raising their children. Also, I do have concern regarding the fact that the authors are the parents of daughters and have written this book by mere observation through a clinical setting.

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