| Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys |  | Authors: Dan Kindlon, Michael Thompson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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ISBN: 0345434854
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.23081
EAN: 9780345434852
Publication Date: April 4, 2000
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Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher's groundbreaking book, exposed the toxic environment faced by adolescent girls in our society. Now, from the same publisher, comes Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson, which does the same for adolescent boys. Boys suffer from a too-narrow definition of masculinity, the authors assert as they expose and discuss the relationship between vulnerability and developing sexuality, the "culture of cruelty" boys live in, the "tyranny of toughness," the disadvantages of being a boy in elementary school, how boys' emotional lives are squelched, and what we, as a society, can do about all this without turning "boys into girls." "Our premise is that boys will be better off if boys are better understood--and if they are encouraged to become more emotionally literate," the authors assert. As a tool for change, Kindlon and Thompsom present the well-developed "What Boys Need," seven points that reach far beyond the ordinary psychobabble checklist and slogan list. Kindlon (researcher and psychology professor at Harvard and practicing psychotherapist specializing in boys) and Thompson (child psychologist, workshop leader, and staff psychologist of an all-boys school) have created a chilling portrait of male adolescence in America. Through personal stories and theoretical discussion, this well-needed book plumbs the well of sadness, anger, and fear in America's teenage sons. --Ericka Lutz
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In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson, Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share what they have learned in more than thirty-five years of combined experience working with boys and their families. They reveal a nation of boys who are hurting--sad, afraid, angry, and silent. Kindlon and Thompson set out to answer this basic, crucial question: What do boys need that they're not getting? They illuminate the forces that threaten our boys, teaching them to believe that "cool" equals macho strength and stoicism. Cutting through outdated theories of "mother blame," "boy biology," and "testosterone," the authors shed light on the destructive emotional training our boys receive--the emotional miseducation of boys.
Kindlon and Thompson make a compelling case that emotional literacy is the most valuable gift we can offer our sons, urging parents to recognize the price boys pay when we hold them to an impossible standard of manhood. They identify the social and emotional challenges that boys encounter in school and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness and empathy--giving them the vital connections and support they need to navigate the social pressures of youth.
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 Read this book immediately August 7, 2010
A. Chard (Virginia Beach, VA)
My son is 9 months old and I am so happy I read this book before he started school or started having friends. I don't know anyone that doesn't want to be the best parent they can be and I think this book is a great tool. I will keep this book to re-read and refer back to for many years to come. I honestly think this book helped me evaluate alot of my thoughts and plans in my future parenting.
Raising Cain July 10, 2010
dominika
I am so thankful I found this book.Emotional literacy!!!How logical!!!How horrific that we still don't know this is the most important literacy we have to master first and for most and than we can go about other achievements.I recommend this book to everyone!Not just parents,not just fathers...Thank you Dan Kindlon and Michael Thompson.I am learning to understand myself and my boys!
You Mean I'm not Alone! Now write about girls! April 19, 2010
Sylviastel
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Raising Cain is about the emotional life of boys written by two psychologists with a background in counseling boys who appeared to be troubled, angry, etc. This book can be used by about everybody whether it's home, school, the playground, park, family gatherings, etc.
But I was surprised when I was reading about a 48 year old man who had such terrible school memories that he didn't want to attend parents' school at his sons' school. He felt 8 and not 48. I was never a good student in school and I was bored most of the time by redundancy and the lack of creativity in the classroom. My mind dozed off most of the time out of sheer boredom.
This book can also appeal to the emotional life of girls as well. As a child, I dreaded the school experience because it was repetitive, boring, and simply uninspiring. I was better at writing stories or using my imagination. My problem was that I was limited. The test scores placed me in average setting so I believed that I was just going to be only average. I didn't know that it didn't always have to be that way.
But children are easily scarred, male or female, I know I was. This book makes me realize that yes the teachers may not have understood at the time about the effects of being scolded, lectured, or humiliated to a young child's mind. As somebody in education, I am a lot more aware of this and I am careful in the classroom regarding situations.
I am thankful to the two authors who compiled a book about boys to help us educators understand and practice some sensitivity regarding their behavior. A teacher might not realize their power until it's too late.
I wished that there was a book about the emotional life of girls. This book has helped explain the male gender better than I could have imagined about their ties to parents and other children. Now a book about the girls.
 Verbose March 15, 2010
J. Birkner (Chicago, IL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I feel like the message of the book is good and useful... but this could have been an essay instead of a 250 page book. Boys aren't encouraged to explore their emotions, which leads to feelings being bottled up and ignored. This can lead to emotional problems in some boys. I didn't find their case studies to be very compelling or their conclusions to be particularly helpful or actionable.
Understanding the emotional life of boys February 12, 2010
Linda M. Leonelli (Philadelphia, PA)
An excellent reference book for situations and problems that arise. The book guides parents with the delicate emotions of young boys and their emotional health as young men. Easy read.
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