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Title: The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men by Michael Gurian ISBN: 0-87477-887-5 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 01 September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (48 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: I was very disappointed.
Comment: Being the mother of five boys, I was very much interested in reading this book. However, early on, I had major philosophical differences with the author's position--first of all the notion of the development in utero that traumatic stresses on the mother, causing insufficient releases of testosterone, creates a male without a "male brain." Even the basis on which the author takes this position is anecdotal and theoretical. (See Amazon's listings of the titles Mystery Dance and Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors). Attempting to put aside my differences in opinion, I trudged forward hoping to gain some insight into the world of boys, but I found no new information. The author presented the reader with a variety of truths about our society--the lack of proper discipline, positive role models and parental involvement, etc.--which are applicable to all of America's children, boys and girls alike. I believe this book speaks to a limited audience: (i) mothers who feel that,! because they were never boys, they can't understand their sons; or (ii) mothers of daughters, who then have a son and keep expecting him to act the same. A mother shouldn't expect any of her children to be exactly like herself or any other child, regardless of the child's sex. This would then speak to a larger issue of who we are as parents rather than what we can learn about boys.
Rating: 5
Summary: Essential reading
Comment: I am so disappointed to actually see reviews with 2 stars. Gurian's book gives us tremendous insight into the biological differences between boys and girls. When I had my son I was very concious of making sure I wasn't "making him into being a boy" as my psychology classes in college suggested. My son never had an interest in dolls, he didn't even know what to do with them. My son instictivly picked up balls and cars. His first word wasn't mama or dada, it was ball.
Gurian tries to dispell the feministic approach that we have all grown up to believe for the last 20 years, that boys and girls are equal. Trying to get boys to play like girls only ends in frustration. Everyone knows boys and girls are different, understanding the differences helps you treat your sons in ways that make them more successful.
This book gave me tremendous insight into how my boy thinks and reacts to the world as well as the other men in my life.
This book makes sense.
Rating: 2
Summary: Just what most parents want to hear.....
Comment: I found this book interesting until I reached the second chapter and at that point I could go no further. He admits that evidence about the effects of day care are divided and then turns around to say it is just fine. Not only that, but day care is just like an extended second family which is just what boys need. Please! The final straw came when he basically said that the nuclear family of dad, mom, and kids was no longer possible in America, to just get over it, and move on. He admits that boys being raised by single mothers is the worst possible situation and greatly increases the boys chances for all kinds of problems, so why isn't he admitting that the need to get back to solid intact families is the most important thing we can do for all children in this country? Instead he emphasizes creating this large extended network of three families which is 1st the home family of which any make-up of people is fine, 2nd other relatives and minimum wage paid day care workers, and 3rd the whole community in general. After reading this politically correct 'tell parents what they want to hear' garbage, I knew I couldn't trust another thing he might say.
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Title: The Wonder of Girls : Understanding the Hidden Nature of Our Daughters by Michael Gurian ISBN: 0743417038 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 18 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Good Son: Shaping the Moral Development of Our Boys and Young Men by Michael Gurian ISBN: 1585420492 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 03 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: What Could He Be Thinking?: How a Man's Mind Really Works by Michael Gurian ISBN: 0312311486 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 26 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: What Stories Does My Son Need?: A Guide to Books and Movies That Build Character in Boys by Michael Gurian, Terry Trueman ISBN: 1585420409 Publisher: J. P. Tarcher Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Boys and Girls Learn Differently!: A Guide for Teachers and Parents by Michael Gurian ISBN: 0787961175 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Pub. Date: 28 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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