Raising a Son: Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man

Elium, Don; Elium, Jeanne

ISBN 10: 1587611945 / ISBN 13: 9781587611940

Published by Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Raising a Son: Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1587611945
• ISBN 13: 9781587611940
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Boys pose special challenges for today’s stressed parents. In Raising A Son, the Eliums embrace the challenges--and the joys--of raising boys with compassion, commitment, experience, patience, and humor. This fully updated and expanded edition follows the psychological development of boys from infancy to young adulthood. Look for new sections on: 
 
• media and violence 
• the “boy code” 
• age-appropriate morality 
• the out-of-control son 
• triggers for aggression 
• when and how to get help
• coping with guilt 
• the highly sensitive son
• triggers for withdrawal 
• why he gets overwhelmed 
• hypersensitivity and ADD 
• the right role models

About the Author

Don Elium is a marriage, family and child counselor. Jeanne Elium is a writer and communications facilitator at the East Bay Waldorf School. They live in Walnut Creek, California.