The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives - Brossura

Gurian, Michael

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ISBN 10: 0470401826 ISBN 13: 9780470401828

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2010

Riassunto

The final and conclusive book in the groundbreaking series onboys and their development

In this climax to his series of landmark books about boys,Michael Gurian offers a powerful new program to help us give oursons a core purpose–a program based on building morality,character, career goals, the ability to form intimaterelationships, selflessness, personal and community responsibility,and an accelerated process of developmental maturity. Gurianreveals how important purpose is for the success and happiness ofboys and explains how a boy's core personality, nature, and geneticpredisposition functions to create both strengths and weaknesses intheir journey towards maturity.

• Includes an innovative program for support and interventionsaccording to the unique needs, weaknesses, and strengths of eachindividual young man.
• This book is the follow-up to Gurian's bestselling The Mindsof Boys
• Draws on the latest science and field research on how boysdevelop neurologically
• Gurian explores the unique issues boys must confront, and showshow their strategy for moral development and success in life ispredicated on their nature and genetic predispositions.

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The Author

Michael Gurian is a family therapist, educator, consultant, and the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-five books, including The Minds of Boys, Leadership and the Sexes, The Wonder of Girls, Boys and Girls Learn Differently! and The Wonder of Boys. Cofounder of the Gurian Institute, he has spearheaded an international effort to provide families, communities, and corporations with an understanding of brain-based gender issues.

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From Michael Gurian, the groundbreaking author of the best-selling books The Wonder of Boys and The Minds of Boys, comes the final volume in his definitive trilogy on boys. In this remarkable work, Gurian presents a tool kit for parents who want to discover how to inspire the ultimate fulfillment of their son's life.

PRAISE FOR The PURPOSE of BOYS

"Michael Gurian is America's most passionate advocate for boys. In The Purpose of Boys, Gurian creates a rich reading experience and a clear recipe for helping boys to find purpose in their lives."
—Michael Thompson, Ph.D., author, It's a Boy! and coauthor, Raising Cain

"The Purpose of Boys offers insightful solutions to the problems of so many millennial boys who are failing to launch into productive adulthood."
—Judith Kleinfeld, Ph.D., director of the Boys Project and professor of psychology, University of Alaska

"There is no one who understands the development of boys better than Michael Gurian. In this insightful new book, Gurian offers useful advice about how to help boys succeed in the key challenge of today's world, finding purpose in life."
—William Damon, Ph.D., professor of education, Stanford University, and author, The Path to Purpose and The Moral Child

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0470401826
• ISBN 13: 9780470401828
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 248
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile