The stunning success of Reviving Ophelia, Mary Pipher's landmark book, showed a true and pressing need to address the emotional lives of girls. Now, finally, here is the book that answers our equally timely and critical need to understand our 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. Statistics point to an alarming number of young boys at high risk for suicide, alcohol and drug abuse, violence and loneliness. 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 Cutting through outdated theories of "mother blame," "boy biology," and "testosterone," Kindlon and Thompson shed light on the destructive emotional training our boys receive--the emotional miseducation of boys. Through moving case studies and cutting-edge research, Raising Cain paints a portrait of boys systematically steered away from their emotional lives by adults and the peer "culture of cruelty"--boys who receive little encouragement to develop qualities such as compassion, sensitivity, and warmth. The good news is that this doesn't have to happen. There is much we can do to prevent it. 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. Powerfully written and deeply felt, Raising Cain will forever change the way we see our sons and will transform the way we help them to become happy and fulfilled young men.

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Michael Thompson

Dan Kindlon

Teresa Barker

Psychology & Counseling

Ballantine Books

Through vividly written case studies and a reader-friendly question-and-answer format, Mom, They’re Teasing Me is full of specific, how-to advice for parents to help their children navigate the sometimes harsh terrain of social life–which includes name-calling, after-school fights, esteem-crushing cliques, and malicious exclusion by the popular kids. Through thoughtful discussion and insightful suggestions, parents will discover • The difference between real risk and normal social pain • The appropriate time to intervene–and when to step back • Tips on how to mediate between children–without appearing meddlesome • The importance of teaching and encouraging leadership • The redemptive power of friendship Mom, They’re Teasing Me answers key questions about the many manifestations of social cruelty, offers compelling descriptions of prime “teasing” scenarios, and illustrates how to counter them. It is an indispensable book for involved parents who want to make their child’s formative years rich and rewarding.

Mom, They're Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems

Parenting & Relationships

Lawrence J. Cohen

Catherine O'Neill Grace

Family Relationships

Random House Publishing Group

Why do people want what they want? Why does one person see the world as a place to control, while another feels controlled by the world? A useful theory of culture, the authors contend, should start with these questions, and the answers, given different historical conditions, should apply equally well to people of all times, places, and walks of life.Taking their cue from the pioneering work of anthropologist Mary Douglas, the authors of Cultural Theory have created a typology of five ways of life—egalitarianism, fatalism, individualism, hierarchy, and autonomy—to serve as an analytic tool in examining people, culture, and politics. They then show how cultural theorists can develop large numbers of falsifiable propositions.Drawing on parables, poetry, case studies, fiction, and the Great Books, the authors illustrate how cultural biases and social relationships interact in particular ways to yield life patterns that are viable, sustainable, and ultimately, changeable under certain conditions. Figures throughout the book show the dynamic quality of these ways of life and specifically illustrate the role of surprise in effecting small- and large-scale change.The authors compare Cultural Theory with the thought of master social theorists from Montesquieu to Stinchcombe and then reanalyze the classic works in the political culture tradition from Almond and Verba to Pye. Demonstrating that there is more to social life than hierarchy and individualism, the authors offer evidence from earlier studies showing that the addition of egalitarianism and fatalism facilitates cross-national comparisons.

Cultural Theory (Political Cultures Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Aaron, Wildavsky

Richard J. Ellis

Trustee" Mary "Wildavsky

Social Sciences

Routledge

'A vocabulary Foundation for Elementary Scholars'. Second edition revised and expanded.Large format softbound book.

Caesar's English 1

Children's Books

Royal Fireworks Pr

Caesar's English

Education & Teaching

Myriam Thompson

Schools & Teaching

Classics in the Classroom

Trillium Press

Hull's Side-fishing Trawling Fleet 1946-1986

Hutton Press Ltd

The Hull & Grimsby Stern Trawling Fleet 1961-1988

Hutton Press

In this handsome and hilarious volume of knockoff postage stamps, artists Thompson and Hernandez de Luna have created a startling and unique work of art. 
Since 1991, the artist-publishers of Bad Press Books’ clever and colorful collection have been creating fake stamps that are not only fine art, but have also been successfully sent through the mail—much to the chagrin of the U.S. Postal Service. 
In their artistic venture, Thompson and Hernandez de Luna have turned philately on its head and, in the process, have been repeatedly warned to cease and desist by inspectors from the Post Office. But readers can enjoy the richly comic parodies and social commentary implicit in this renegade art without the danger of suffering any consequences. 
Among the wide-ranging subjects included in this collection are politics, religion, sex and disasters. In their never-ending quest for the outrageous, they have created bogus stamps from a score of countries from Japan to South Africa, from India to Norway. Their art forms are splendid counterfeits of truly global proportions. 
Their work has been shown in museums across the country and has also received the stamp of approval from the press.

The Stamp Art and Postal History of Michael Thompson & Michael Hernandez de Luna

Arts & Photography

Michael Hernandez De Luna

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Academy Chicago Publishers

More was written by and about David than any other person in the Bible. This 128-page illustrated novel on the life of David, second king of Israel, includes more than four hundred illustrated panels and dialog that tells the story of David's life. Volume 1 covers David's life from age fifteen to thirty. Dr. Richard Pratt, Old Testament scholar, Harvard ThD, wrote: “In David: The Illustrated Novel, Michael Thompson takes us on the grand adventure of walking beside a man after God's own heart. Michael Thompson's creative approach offers us all the opportunity to enter David's life in ways we may never have experienced. He writes in the genre of an illustrated novel, a genre that has enjoyed widespread acceptance throughout the world for centuries.” This artistic and compelling illustrated novel offers fresh reflections on the personal struggles of a man who served God in challenging times. To the publisher's knowledge, no book like it has ever been produced.

David: The Illustrated Novel, Vol 1

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Shepherd King Publishing, LLC

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