Markey, Charlotte N.
Summary: "From early childhood boys often feel pressured to be athletic and muscular. But what impact does this have on physical and mental well-being through their teens and beyond? Worryingly, a third of teen boys are trying to 'bulk up' due to body dissatisfaction, and boys and men account for 25% of eating disorder cases. What can we tell our boys to help them feel happy and confident simply being...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cambridge University Press 2022
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Health MarkeyCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 306.4 MARSummary: Examines "hyper-masculinity" as a destructive force in the personal development and socialization of boys and young men. Discusses the roles of popular culture and peer pressure in influencing boys to adopt a masculine pose.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgil Films 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC MASFarrell, Warren
Summary: "What is the boy crisis? It's a crisis of education. Worldwide, boys are 50 percent less likely than girls to meet basic proficiency in reading, math, and science. It's a crisis of mental health. ADHD is on the rise. And as boys become young men, their suicide rates go from equal to girls to six times that of young women. It's a crisis of fathering. Boys are growing up with less-involved...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella, BenBella Books, Inc. 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: During World War II, 70,000 Finnish children were shipped off to Swedish families who had agreed to shelter them for their own protection until the end of the war. This is the story of one such boy, Eero. After the death her husband, grief stricken Kirsti agrees with great reluctance to send Eero to Sweden. His surrogate parents, Signe and Hjalmar, are grieving the recent loss of a daughter....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Matila Röhr Productions 2007
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MOTGurian, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.125 GURReichert, Michael
Summary: Michael C. Reichert draws on his thirty years of experience researching the process by which boys become men to provide a roadmap for parents and educators who hope to help the boys they love and care about grow into strong, emotionally intelligent, and compassionate men. In this groundbreaking book, a leading psychologist and researcher of the journey from boyhood to manhood reveals the vital...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649 REIPrice, Adam
Summary: "On the surface, capable teenage boys may look lazy. But dig a little deeper, writes child psychologist Adam Price in He's Not Lazy, and you'll often find conflicted boys who want to do well in middle and high school but are afraid to fail, and so do not try. This book can help you become an ally with your son, as he discovers greater self-confidence and accepts responsibility for his future"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.2 PRICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.235 PRIBialik, Mayim
Summary: The television star and neuroscientist draws on scientific information and personal experience as the mother of sons to share advice on growing from a boy into a man, including physical changes, learning problems, and relationships.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 613 BIANatterson, Cara Familian
Summary: "What is my son doing behind his constantly closed door? What's with his curt responses, impulsiveness, newfound obsession with gaming, and...that funky smell? As pediatrician and mother of two teenagers Cara Natterson explains, puberty starts in boys long before any visible signs appear, which causes confusion about their changing temperaments for boys and their parents alike. Often, they also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 NATGurian, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 028.1 GURGurian, Michael.
Summary: Offers a handbook for parents concerned with the development of moral and ethical values in boys from birth to the age of eighteen.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 GURReiner, Andrew
Summary: "How modern forms of masculinity are harming men-and what we can do about it"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.43 REIFièvre, M. J. (Michèle-Jessica)
Summary: "Embrace the color of your skin and celebrate your identity. Finding the courage to live freely and authentically is not easy. This black teen book is designed to help you facilitate your creative drive, promote positive self-awareness, and boost your inner strength. Affirmations for Black teen boys. This black teen book is full of wisdom from Black male trailblazers who accomplished remarkable...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Publishing 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 305.23 FLEGurian, Michael.
Summary: Shows parents and teachers how to help our boys overcome current classroom obstacles and failures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 371.823 GURParker, Kate T.
Summary: A photographic celebration of what makes a boy, with portraits and quotations from today's boys from ages 4 to 19.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779 PARReichert, Michael
Summary: "At a time when many boys are in crisis, a much-needed roadmap for helping boys grow into strong and compassionate men Over the past two decades there has been an explosion of new studies that have expanded our knowledge of how boys think and feel. In How to Raise a Boy, psychologist Michael Reichert draws on his decades of research to challenge age-old conventions about how boys become men. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TarcherPerigee 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 REICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Parents ReichertWiseman, Rosalind
Summary: Decodes the inner lives of boys to reveal how parents can forge stronger connections with their sons, explaining how boys are more likely to hide their feelings and resist adult support.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harmony Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.235 WISGurian, Michael.
Summary: Describes how family relationships, mentors, role models, and support from schools and the community are necessary to raise boys successfully.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.132 GURWithers, Pam.
Summary: An award-nominated author and an academic dean offer parents of underachieving boys the confidence and support through simple tips and action lists to help their disengaged and discouraged sons do better academically and socially.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cleis Press, Inc. 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 370.15 WITDowning, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOWSenghor, Shaka
Summary: "The New York Times bestselling author of Writing My Wrongs invites men everywhere on a journey of honesty and healing through this book of moving letters to his sons-one whom he is raising and the other whose childhood took place during Senghor's nineteen-year incarceration. Shaka Senghor has lived the life of two fathers. With his first son, Jay, born shortly after Senghor was incarcerated...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Convergent 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.874 SENFink, Jennifer L. W.
Summary: Confounded by rapidly changing gender norms, today's parents are attempting to raise kind, compassionate, emotionally sensitive boys in a society that simultaneously rewards stereotypical masculinity and is increasingly hostile to boys. Making the world safer for women and girls is not the only reason to rethink our boy raising practices: current culture harms our boys too. Fink offers rules...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.132 FINCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Parent FinkGolding, William
Summary: Following a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environment leading to savagery and murder. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces that war eternally in the human spirit.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Digital Audio 2006
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC GOLSmith, Elliott
Summary: Moses prefers video games to sports, but his parents have signed him up for the tennis team anyway; his strategy is to take it easy and hope he gets tossed from the team--his attitude angers the other children and after one of the boys, Xavier, gives him lesson in teamwork, Moses finally starts to take tennis and team seriously. Includes suggestions for activities and discussion.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2022