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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.132
EAN num: 9781585425280
ISBN number: 1585425281
Label: Tarcher
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Page Count: 320
Printing Date: September 07, 2006
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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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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 very first published, including the impact of the Internet.
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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.
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The book is preachy in regards to religion and male bonding groups. My husband decided to skip some of that. I read it, found it interesting, but like all books, I'm taking the parts that apply to my situation. The rest I'll leave out.
A true must read if you have or care for boys.
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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 "data" and "facts" about supposed male/female brain differences seemed to conflict with what I had learned in college psy classes--but I am no expert on this, so I consulted my dear friend, a Ph.D. in psychology who is teaching college courses on gender studies and who has acess to the most current research. She says most of the main biological facts Gurian bases this book on are wrong and those that are correct are being incorrectly interpreted.
But I really wanted to think this guy did have some valuable insights and answers to what I do agree is a crisis in today's boy culture. So I visited the website for his Institute and only found myself wondering WHERE are his credentials? What makes him qualified to synthesize all this research and data that he supposedly has used to build his arguments? He name drops a lot of psychologists in the book, but if you look into their work, many of them actually conflict with Gurian. It doesn't add up.
The book is also repetitious and includes anecdotes from parents that couldn't possibly be anything but the most extreme situations--like the mother who gives her son dolls thinking that's all she has to do to make him a "sensitive" boy only to find that he rips them apart.
Furthermore, once you distill it down to the main points (which he really likes to do--without citing sources or providing much other information to support the points), what he concludes boys need is all just common sense and it's no different from what girls need--because it's basically what all CHILDREN need to become emotionally whole and healthy. I am sorry I spent money on this book and wasted time that I could have spent with my son instead of reading misguided advice about how to relate to him.
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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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This book is a great resource for anyone who is raising or just loving little boys. I am a mother to three boys ages 6, 3 and 2. This book has helped me tremendously to understand and love my little guys even more.
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This book helped me a lot in getting to know the nature of a boy. Mr. Gurian provided me with information on how a boy's body and mind develops through different stages of life. Ever since I read this book, I have been recommending it to my friends and neighbors. And, of course, I've been rereading this book every once in a while, always "discovering" something new and valuable. Besides, this book helped me to better understand the male population in general.
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