From Michael Gurian, the groundbreaking author of the best-selling books The Wonder of Boys and The Minds of Boys, comes the final volume in his definitive trilogy on boys. In this remarkable work, Gurian presents a tool kit for parents who want to discover how to inspire the ultimate fulfillment of their son's life. PRAISE FOR The PURPOSE of BOYS "Michael Gurian is America's most passionate advocate for boys. In The Purpose of Boys, Gurian creates a rich reading experience and a clear recipe for helping boys to find purpose in their lives." --Michael Thompson, Ph.D., author, It's a Boy! and…mehr
From Michael Gurian, the groundbreaking author of the best-selling books The Wonder of Boys and The Minds of Boys, comes the final volume in his definitive trilogy on boys. In this remarkable work, Gurian presents a tool kit for parents who want to discover how to inspire the ultimate fulfillment of their son's life. PRAISE FOR The PURPOSE of BOYS "Michael Gurian is America's most passionate advocate for boys. In The Purpose of Boys, Gurian creates a rich reading experience and a clear recipe for helping boys to find purpose in their lives." --Michael Thompson, Ph.D., author, It's a Boy! and coauthor, Raising Cain "The Purpose of Boys offers insightful solutions to the problems of so many millennial boys who are failing to launch into productive adulthood." --Judith Kleinfeld, Ph.D., director of the Boys Project and professor of psychology, University of Alaska "There is no one who understands the development of boys better than Michael Gurian. In this insightful new book, Gurian offers useful advice about how to help boys succeed in the key challenge of today's world, finding purpose in life." --William Damon, Ph.D., professor of education, Stanford University, and author, The Path to Purpose and The Moral Child
The Author Michael Gurian is a family therapist, educator, consultant, and the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-five books, including The Minds of Boys, Leadership and the Sexes, The Wonder of Girls, Boys and Girls Learn Differently! and The Wonder of Boys. Cofounder of the Gurian Institute, he has spearheaded an international effort to provide families, communities, and corporations with an understanding of brain-based gender issues.
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Acknowledgments.
Introduction: what do you want to be, son?
Competing Purposes.
What Is the Purpose of Boys?
We Who Care for Boys and Men.
Part One: Understanding the Purpose of Boys.
1 The Loss of Purpose in American Boyhood.
Why Parents Want to Provide Purpose for Boys.
Moving Forward with New Vision.
2 How Little Boys Develop Their Sense of Purpose.
The Empathy of Boys.
Brain Differences Between Boys and Girls.
How Boys and Girls Need Purpose Differently.
Your Little Boy's Need to Save the World.
Asking the Deep Questions of Boys.
3 How Adolescent Boys Seek Their Purpose in Life.
The Young Seeker Among the Primitive and the Civilized.
How Adolescent Boys and Girls Seek and Develop PurposeDifferently.
What Motivates Different Boys.
Helping Our Sons Seek Respect in Adolescence.
Moving Forward with a Map in Hand.
4 Son, You Are My Hero.
The Heroic Son.
The Story of Joseph.
The Story Ends, for Now.
Par Two: Helping Our Sons Find Their Purpose in Life.
5 Creating Families of Purpose for Boys.
Creating a Three-Family System: The Parent-Led Team.
The Development of a Boy's Sense of Destiny in the FamilySystem.
The Ten Values Tool.
The Value of Teaching Sexual Purpose.
Helping Our Sons Find Purposeful Work.
Helping Boys Find Purpose in Their Media Use.
A Boy's Search for Freedom.
6 Creating Communities of Purpose for Boys.
The Loss of Communities of Purpose for Boys.
What the Community Can Do for Our Sons.
Forming Purposeful Communities for African American Boys.
Changing Helping Professions to Focus on Boys' Needs.
Enjoying Communities of Purpose with Boys.
7 Changing Schools Toward Relevance and Purpose forBoys.
How Boys Are Struggling for Purpose in School.
Fixing the Mismatch Between Schools and the Purpose of Boys.
Investing in Schools of Purpose.
8 Creating and Providing Rites of Passage for YourSon.
