The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Young Boys into Exceptional Men

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Summary: Father
Review: Excellent book and required reading for anyone with a brain.

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Summary: Conservative or Christian Buyers Beware
Review: If you liked the women's rights movement, you'll love this. Michael Gurian starts with the idea that boys have been asked to be more like girls than men because of the victim/villian stereotypes of the women's rights movement. Unfortunately, he does not recommend a conservative correction to this injustice. What he recommends is a liberation of male culture. Teach boys that whatever you feel is OK, you just need to channel it in the right direction. For instance, Guirian hails masturbation as a proper channel for sexual urge. Gurian also favors the biological basis of homosexuality, explaining that there is a genetic tendancy toward being homosexual. He believes that we should just accept the facts if our sons "are" homosexual. This makes as much sense as allowing them to drink alcohol because, as we all know, there is a genetic tendancy toward being an alcoholic. Buyer beware, this is not a conservative or Christian approach to raising our sons.

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Summary: A must read for mothers with sons!
Review: Let's face it. Mothers have never been boys. They are just as much a mystery to us as women are to men. This book goes a long way toward answering questions about maleness. We love our children and have an honest desire to meet their emotional, physical, and spiritual needs. How can we do that if we have little idea of who they are! Thank you, Michael Gurian, for giving us an honest and thought provoking look at our sons!

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Summary: Outstanding!
Review: This book should be on the "must read" list of anyone raising a young man today! I enjoyed every chapter and found it full of answers to the many questions we all have as parents. I will keep this one handy for future reference.

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding!
Review: This book should be on the "must read" list of anyone raising a young man today! I enjoyed every chapter and found it full of answers to the many questions we all have as parents. I will keep this one handy for future reference.