Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood - Rilegato

Pollack, William S.

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ISBN 10: 0375501312 ISBN 13: 9780375501319

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1998

Riassunto

Drawing on his nearly two decades of clinical work with and research on boys, a psychiatrist examines the toll taken by the masculine imperative on boys and offers a plan for raising happier, more grounded males

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L'autore:

William S. Pollack, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist,    is the codirector of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School, an assistant
clinical professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, and a founding member and Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity of the American Psychological Association. He is coauthor of In a Time of Fallen Heroes: The Re-Creation of Masculinity and coeditor of A New Psychology for Men. He and his family live in Massachusetts.

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re in crisis. On the surface, many boys may appear tough, confident, and cheerful, but underneath, many of them are sad,
lonely, and confused. As the bestselling Reviving Ophelia took us into the worlds of girls, this groundbreaking book reveals the worlds of
boys to show how society's mixed messages to boys put more of them at risk today than ever before. Boys' voices and experiences rise up
from these pages as Dr. William Pollack of the Harvard Medical School draws on almost two decades of work with boys as well as on a recent
study called "Listening to Boys' Voices" to present new findings about the true nature of boys and new insights into how to raise them to
become happier, more confident, more successful men.
        "I get a little down," says Adam,"but I hide it very well. I'd say I wear a mask of some sort. Even when kids call me names or try to taunt me,
I'd never show them how m

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0375501312
• ISBN 13: 9780375501319
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 447