Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood by William Pollack; Foreward by Mary Pipher
	List Price:   $17.00 Unit Price:   $13.60 You Save:   $3.40 (20%) ISBN-10:   0805061835 ISBN-13:   9780805061833 Publisher:   Henry Holt and Co.; Holt Paperbacks Category:   Family/Relationships Pub. Date:   May 1999 Pages:   476 Format:   Paperback
Subjects
BOYS CHILD REARING MASCULINITY
Description/Notes
Explores why many boys are sad, lonely, & confused although they may appear tough, cheerful, & confident. ###0-8050-6172-X |||A representative gathering of the author's fugitive & intensely personal nonfiction writings: essays, literary criticism, commentaries, autobiographical statements, memoirs, & musings. Featuring a new preface by the author on how parents can make a difference. With author appearances on Good Morning America, The Today Show, 20 /20 and NPR's Fresh Air, and featuring articles in Newsweek, Time, and The New York Times, Real Boys is one of the most talked-about and influential books published this year. Based on William Pollack's groundbreaking research at Harvard Medical School over two decades, Real Boys explores why many boys are sad, lonely, and confused although they may appear tough, cheerful, and confident. Pollack challenges conventional expectations about manhood and masculinity that encourage parents to treat boys as little men, raising them through a toughening process that drives their true emotions underground. Only when we understand what boys are really like, says Pollack, can we help them develop more self-confidence and the emotional savvy they need to deal with issues such as depression, love and sexuality, drugs and alcohol, divorce, and violence. 'Anyone who lives or works with boys and men should read Real Boys.' --Gail Sheehy 'A thoughtful and sensitive discussion of contemporary American boyhood.' --Dr. Robert Coles, author of The Moral Intelligence of Children 'Just as Reviving Ophelia opened our eyes to the challenges faced by adolescent girls, Real Boys helps us hear and respond to the needs of growing boys.' --Judith Jordan, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School Based on William Pollack's groundbreaking research at Harvard Medical School for more than two decades, Real Boys explores this generation's 'silent crisis': why so many boys are sad, lonely, and confused although they may appear tough, cheerful, and confident. Pollack challenges conventional expectations about manhood and masculinity that encourage parents to treat boys as little men, raising them through a toughening process that drives their true emotions underground. Only when we understand what boys are really experiencing, says Pollack, can parents and teachers help them develop more self-confidence and the emotional savvy they need to deal with issues such as depression and violence, drugs and alcohol, sexuality and love.