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Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The original cloth edition of this book caused a firestorm of controversy and acclaim, with two major features in Newsweek, and other major broadcast and print media. Parents and educators who are painfully familiar with the crisis in boy's education bought and discussed this book passionately, producing the greatest hardcover sales any Gurian titles has achieved to date. Gurian's greatest sales in the past have always been in paperback, so we're...
2) The wonder of boys: what parents, mentors, and educators can do to shape boys into exceptional men
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
xxii, 294 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xvii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
This guide to teaching boys combines classic and cutting-edge research to show you why males learn differently and, more important, how you can differentiate teaching strategies to help them succeed in the classroom. The author's qualitative and quantitative research presents the cognitive, sensory, physical, social, and emotional differences between genders. James draws from years of classroom experience to offer strategies that have been tested,...
9) Playing with anger: teaching coping skills to African American boys through athletics and culture
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
xiv, 203 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
10) Raising Cain
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Standard format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two of the country's leading child psychologists identify the social and emotion challenges that boys encounter in school and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness, giving them the support to navigate the social pressures of youth.
Author
Publisher
Gurian Institute Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
x, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Boys and their communities are challenged today in ways they have not been before. Dr. Michael Gurian has studied and served children and their families for thirty years. His The Wonder of Boys (1996), is credited with sparking the "boys' movement." In Saving Our Sons, he features the latest research in male emotional intelligence, male motivation development, neurotoxicity and the male brain, and electronics and videogame use. Linking practical solutions...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 227 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Judy Y. Chu first encountered the four-year-old boys we meet in this book, they were experiencing a social initiation into boyhood. They were initially astute in picking up on other people's emotions, emotionally present in their relationships, and competent in their navigation of the human social world. However, the boys gradually appeared less perceptive, articulate, and responsive, and became more guarded and subdued in their relationships...
Author
Language
English
Description
Examines issues challenging today's young men in the areas of education, mental health, sexuality, and leadership, outlining a comprehensive blueprint for parents, teachers, and policymakers to help boys lead purpose-driven lives.
What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. Worldwide, boys are 50 percent less likely than girls to meet basic proficiency in reading, math, and science. It's a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And...
Series
Adolescent cultures school and society volume 46
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xv, 233 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The chapters in this edited collection examine how the culture of masculinity intersects with issues of health, homophobia, and the suppression and silencing of anxieties about body image among men and boys. Examining the bodily dividends and trade-offs associated with male participation in physical activity is central to understanding how educators in particular might better engage all boys in healthy life practices, not only those privileged by...
Publisher
Praeger
Pub. Date
[2014]-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on personal insights and research-based knowledge, this important work facilitates understanding of the psychological struggles of young African American males and offers ameliorative strategies"--
16) Shy: a novel
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
122 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
This is the story of a few strange hours in the life of a troubled teenage boy. You mustn't do that to yourself, Shy. You mustn't hurt yourself like that. He is wandering into the night listening to the voices in his head: his teachers, his parents, the people he has hurt, and the people who are trying to love him. Got your special meds, nutcase? He is escaping Last Chance, a home for "very disturbed young men," and walking into the haunted space...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
1180L
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Mayim Bialik puts her Ph.D. to work to talk to teen boys about the science and pressures of growing up male in today's world. A must-have book for all teenage boys!
As an observant mother of two boys-- and with plenty of scientific information from her life as a neuroscientist-- Bialik talks directly to teen boys about what it means to grow from a boy to a man biologically, psychologically, and sociologically. She takes a look at what it means for...
Author
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
250 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Against the backdrop of a growing national conversation about how to raise sons to become good people, Kate T. Parker is leading the way by turning her lens on boys. Author of the bestselling book about girls Strong Is the New Pretty, she now shows the true heart of a boy in 200 compelling photographs.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 232 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"What is my son doing behind his constantly closed door? What's with his curt responses, impulsiveness, newfound obsession with gaming, and...that funky smell? As pediatrician and mother of two teenagers Cara Natterson explains, puberty starts in boys long before any visible signs appear, which causes confusion about their changing temperaments for boys and their parents alike. Often, they also grow quieter as they grow taller, which leads to less...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xvi, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Boys may seem impervious to school pressures, but they often fear failure so much that they totally opt out. He's Not Lazy helps parents understand--and constructively handle--the underlying issues affecting their sons. A renowned expert on ADHD explains how to deal with a conflicted boy who really wants to do well, discover hidden obstacles to his success, develop his confidence, and empower him to accept responsibility for his own future"--
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