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List Price: $14.95Price: $6.32 You Save: $8.63 (58%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.132
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Tarcher
Manufacturer: Tarcher
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 07, 2006
Publisher: Tarcher
Sales Rank: 362304
Studio: Tarcher
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
I n this edition of his parenting classic, Michael Gurian considers how the culture has changed in the ten years since The Wonder of Boys was first published, including the impact of the Internet.
Amazon.com Review:
In the thoughtful and provocative The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors, and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men, therapist and educator Michael Gurian takes a close look at modern boyhood. Gurian asserts that the biological and neurological differences between boys and girls need to be accounted for and nourished in order to raise healthy, happy boys. In discussing boy culture--and the roles of competition, aggression, and physical risk taking--the author concludes, "It's not boy culture that's inherently flawed; it's the way we manage it." If the natural, testosterone-based impulses of boys are squelched or ignored, Gurian posits, such biological truths may find their way to the surface in other, more negative behaviors. He suggests that boys do best when they are part of a "tribe," three families that include: a birth or adoptive family; an extended family of friends, teachers, peers, and mentors; and the "family" of outside culture, media, religious institutions, and community figures. The Wonder of Boys offers advice on how to understand and build strong father/son and mother/son relationships, stresses the importance of healthy discipline, and suggests methods of teaching boys about sex, relationships, and spirituality. Parents and teachers of boys will find this book to be an insightful read. --Ericka Lutz
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When my son was about to be born, I panicked, because I thought I would not know how to give a good upbringing to a boy. I have only a sister and my husband is an only child. We discussed the issue a lot and we sometimes had different views on how to deal with boys, to do everything to make our son happy and fulfilled. So - we decided to buy a book and chose "The Wonder of Boys".
The book is not bad, but it is not very good. First of all, there is nothing new in the notion that boys ... Read More
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As the mother of three boys I've read a lot of books to gain a better insight into their minds and hearts. This is by far the best book I've read on the subject. I understand some feminist types are offended by the notion that a father is an important (if not the most important figure) in a boy's life and cannot be replaced by the mother and they have attacked this author. To them I say, Get a life.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who is not a wild-eyed, angry feminist.
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A friend lent my husband and I this book. She has two boys as do we. She won't be getting the book back, I'm online now to buy her a new one. Very inciteful, particulary for me growing up with the theory, women and men can be the same in everything. The idea that through nurture we were teaching women a different role. This book changed my perspective.
One negative:
The book is preachy in regards to religion and male bonding groups. My husband decided to skip some of that. I ... Read More
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When I started reading this book, I had some serious concerns about some of the language used to explain male behavior. He often alludes to the fact that if we don't learn how to accept and deal with innate "maleness" that is entirely driven by biology that boys will not only act out, but that they will also resent us, make us (parents, other adults, society as a whole) targets and even seek revenge on us. Yes, he does use some of those words. This just sounded extreme to me and also much of the ... Read More
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I am so glad a psychologist recommended this book to me. I understand better both my husband and my son and they have responded with more respect and appreciation of me. My love for them has become more unconditional. I don't get offended by some things as I used to because understanding where it comes from makes me more patient.
Try applying his ideas with your kids for a week or two...Let's accept our kids as they are and not by what's politically correct.
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