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Summary: If you have a son, buy this book.
Review: The findings from Dr. Pollack's research painted such a clear picture of boyhood, it was almost painful to read. I experienced so many of negative ascpects discussed by "sterotyping" boys, I am only now beginning to understand the effect my self-esteem had on my life. All cliches aside, this is a must read. Every parent that has a boy should be given this book the day they leave the hospital.
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Summary: By far one of the most illuminating book on boys
Review: This book spoke straight to my heart. Even though I knew in some inchoate way, of the pain a boy feels growing up in our culture, this book articulated rather eloquently those matters I felt in my heart but could not quite put words to. Thank you so very much Dr William Pollack!
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Summary: Good arguments for an interesting analysis
Review: Mr. Pollack presents a good case on the damage we as a society do to boys in raising them according to the "Boy Code" that we ourselves were raised with. Refreshingly, he also suggests ways to break through or subvert that damage in order to get our boys to trust and express their emotions. While he seems to want to blame a large variety of socialization and personality difficulties that boys and men face on this suppressed-emotion concept, he still points out that boys are indeed emotional humans that need some sort of expression to be mentally healthy.
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Summary: A long-overdue look at the lives of boys.
Review: Required reading for those who are blind to the serious disadvantage many boys face today. We are building prisons as a way to "solve" those problems. I hope Pollock's book will arouse the public to take constructive rather than penal action.
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Summary: Should be required reading for parents and educators
Review: A superb book that explores why - and how - we need to reexamine the ways in which we raise, socialize and educate boys in America today. Read it even if you have daughters but no sons.Hopefully will have the impact for boys that "Reviving Ophelia" has had for girls.
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Summary: Highly recommend for anyone who has or deals with boys!
Review: I'm so grateful I found this book while my son is still just a toddler. I find myself asking, "Would I be doing this if he were a girl?" all the time now. This book has given me "permission" to raise my son in the way I've thought was best. I am now fully aware of the issues we will face as he grows. Issues I was only vaugely aware of before.I am saddened by the damage that has been done to our sons. I am hopeful that we will be able to change, to start raising whole persons.
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Summary: As a teacher of boys, I found it thought-provoking.
Review: I teach in a boys' school, and was delighted to find something relatively sound on the subject of boys and their psychology. This book is thoughtful and interesting, with many readable examples from the author's experience and research. I do think he overstates the hardships on boys in school, which I assume is for emphasis, but I can confirm many of his observations about boys from my own experience.
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Summary: An intelligent book that will bring our boys back to us.
Review: These days, any parent who has a school-aged boy should be justfiably worried. Too many teachers are distrustful of boys. Too many principals think that they are trouble in the making. Too many psychologists want to slap them with a clinical diagnosis and then prescribe ritalin to turn them into zombies. While the big winners have been the drug companies, the big losers have been our boys. We need to take our boys back, and Dr. William Pollack's book, Real Boys, will give parents the courage to do just that. As Dr. Richard Hawley has told us, "Boys Will Be Men," but they will not become good men if we do not listen to their voices. Dr. Pollack's wonderful book will make us all better listeners.
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Summary: A must read!
Review: This is an exceptional book about the power of socialization on young men. It challenges traditional ideas of male development and psychology and leaves you with practical tips on how to assist boys in becoming better human beings.
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Summary: An inspiring book
Review: As a mother of two young boys and wife of a grown man I was so grateful to find this book. It proves what a lot of us have sensed already, that boys WILL be boys, they don't need to be toughened up or forced into premature self-suffiency-- parents can show all the tenderness and protectiveness they feel toward their sons, and encourage their sons in kindness and understanding, and this will help boys grow into stronger, abler men, (rather than weakening them as some seem to fear).
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