Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

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 Cutting through outdated theories of "mother blame," "boy biology," and "testosterone," the authors shed light on the destructive emotional training our boys receive--the emotional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. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; This is a great book.; Several of the positive commenters below have summarized the book very well so I won't repeat. I have read some other books on raising boys (I have twin sons), good ones by Michael Gurian, The Wonder of Boys and others. This one ranks...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-28-2009; Stands far above other youth-help books; It's surprising how little we know of boys--even if you were one. This book can fix that."If we teach our sons to honor and value their emotional lives, if we can give boys an emotional vocabulary and the encouragement to use it, they...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-13-2009; Raising Cain; I read this book after reading "Reviving Ophelia", "Real Boys", and "Trouble with Boys". "Raising Cain" is well written and based on hands-on experience as well as an admirable amount of research. I would say it's the best of the four...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-04-2009; The challenges of raising boys.; Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of BoysRaising Cain is one of a number of books that address the challenges of raising boys, but it stands out among them by eschewing both the glib Gender War rhetoric and the underlying...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-20-2009; This is a great book.; Several of the positive commenters below have summarized the book very well so I won't repeat. I have read some other books on raising boys (I have twin sons), good ones by Michael Gurian, The Wonder of Boys and others. This one ranks...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-02-2006; At least someone's thinking about boys; I have mixed emotions about this book. In one sense it's antithetical to the thrust of my own research, which suggests that boys have actually been damaged in recent years (see in particular "The War Against Boys," by Hoff-Sommers) as a...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-04-2009; Personal Beliefs and Values; This book is more for those who believe in a liberal approach to raising their children. While I believed that this book was focusing on treating your child with respect and love...teaching your child in turn to respect and love...it...; read full review | report as inappropriate