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Author Pollack, William S.

Title Real boys : rescuing our sons from the myths of boyhood / William Pollack
Edition Paperback edition
Published Melbourne : Scribe Publications, 1999

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 W'PONDS  305.23 Pol/Rbr  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, 447 pages ; 24 cm
Contents ch. 8. World of boys and their friendships -- ch. 9. Being "different": being gay -- ch. 10. Schools: the blackboard jumble -- ch. 11. Sports: play and transformation -- pt. 3. When the bough breaks -- ch. 12. Hamlet's curse: depression and suicide in boys -- 13. Violence: slay or be slain -- ch. 14. Divorce -- pt. 4. Staying connected: real boys/real men
pt. 1. Real boys -- ch. 1. Inside the world of boys: behind the mask of masculinity -- ch. 2. Stories of shame and the haunting trauma of separation: how we can connect with boys and change the "boy code" -- ch. 3. Real boys: the truths behind the myths -- ch. 4. Action love: how boys relate -- pt. 2. Connecting to boys -- ch. 5. Power of mothers -- ch. 6. Real fathers/real men: the empathic relationships of fathers and sons -- ch. 7. Adolescent crucible: growth, change, and sexuality --
Notes Originally published: New York : Random House, 1998
Bibliography Bibliography: page (419)-433
Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Boys.
Child rearing.
Fathers and sons.
Masculinity.
Mothers and sons.
Sons.
ISBN 0908011423