Title: The good son : shaping the moral development of our boys and young men /
Authors: Gurian, Michael.
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Boys; Boys Psychology; Boys Conduct of life; Child rearing
Abstract: Offers a handbook for parents concerned with the development of moral and ethical values in boys from birth to the age of eighteen.
Contents: The Declining Moral Health of Our Sons -- Two of Life's Most Important Words -- The Good Son Parenting Plan -- A Crucial Duty -- The Challenge of Providing Discipline and Moral Development to Boys -- What Does It Mean to Have a Son? -- The "Male Question" -- Merilee's Courage -- Morality Is Somewhat Different for Boys -- Aggression and the Brain -- Testosterone -- Hormones and Stress -- External Behavior and the Male Brain -- Brain Flexibility -- The Brain at Rest -- Impulse Control -- Mental Disease -- Inside the Male Mind: The Search for Inherent Worth and Value -- Boys Depend on Moral Training -- Are We Protecting Our Sons from Moral Harm? -- The Nowhere Men -- Mark: What Are the Ten Commandments? -- Jonathan and His Friends: Strain on the Mother Son Bond -- Grant, Les, and Tommy: The Tragic Loss of the Father -- Brandon: The Gradual Loss of the Extended Family -- When the Media Poisons Our Boys -- The Mechanization of Boyhood -- The Moral Nature of Boys --^