While by no means a complete listing all of all the wonderful books that have ever been written, it does include our favorite oldies, but goodies as well as newer publications that delve into the issues relevant to todays society. Highlighting the fascinating link between a childs neurological development and the way a parent reacts to misbehavior, nodrama discipline provides an effective, compassionate road map for dealing with tantrums, tensions, and tearswithout causing a scene. The plight of the black male in america, reexamines the black problem in contemporary america, touching on issues that directly or indirectly affect the freedom, pursuit of. Apr 04, 1999 raising cain has been an eyeopening read, albeit certainly not a comforting one. This upbeat, authoritative, and reassuring guidewritten by psychologist michael thompson, ph.
The role of the five characters, or personalities carter, cain, dr. The book ends with resources and references for further learning and exploration. In living out obedience to gods command to be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth see genesis 1. Raising cain protecting the emotional life of boys a new york times bestseller in raising cain, michael thompson and collaborator dan kindlon, ph. They identify the social and emotional challenges that boys encounter in school and show how parents can help boys cultivate emotional awareness and empathygiving them the vital connections and. Protecting the emotional life of boys by dan kindlon, ph. The hallmark of the program is michael thompsons indepth interviews and interactions with these boys. He firmly believed in the nonphysical method of child raising. Even so, i hope that evaluations about this raising cain. Raising cain is an excellent book that will provide much insight for parents, especially women, into the painful world of boyhood. Download raising cain protecting the emotional life of boys in pdf and epub formats for free. Reviving ophelia, mary piphers groundbreaking book, exposed the toxic environment faced by adolescent girls in our society. Daniel goleman author of emotional intelligence if you love a boy, were a boy, or care about boys and the men they become, read this book.
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She is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the university of washington. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read raising cain. And hope now im a section of making you obtain a outstanding product. Kindlon and thompson are persuasive in their argument that it would be good for boys to become more emotionally literate, to understand their feelings and those of others more.
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