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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung Tagline: New blockbuster by Michael Gurian! the final volume in the definitive three book series that began with best-sellers The Wonder of Boys and The Minds of Boys. Inhaltsverzeichnis ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX INTRODUCTION: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE, SON? 1 Competing Purposes 3 What Is the Purpose of Boys? 4 We Who Care for Boys and Men 9 PART ONE UNDERSTANDING THE PURPOSE OF BOYS 11 1 THE LOSS OF PURPOSE IN AMERICAN BOYHOOD 13 Why Parents Want to Provide Purpose for Boys 15 Moving Forward with New Vision 22 2 HOW LITTLE BOYS DEVELOP THEIR SENSE OF PURPOSE 25 The Empathy of Boys 26 Brain Differences Between Boys and Girls 30 How Boys and Girls Need Purpose Differently 33 Your Little Boy's Need to Save the World 36 Asking the Deep Questions of Boys 42 3 HOW ADOLESCENT BOYS SEEK THEIR PURPOSE IN LIFE 43 The Young Seeker Among the Primitive and the Civilized 45 How Adolescent Boys and Girls Seek and Develop Purpose Differently 48 What Motivates Different Boys 57 Helping Our Sons Seek Respect in Adolescence 59 Moving Forward with a Map in Hand 62 4.SON, YOU ARE MY HERO 63 The Heroic Son 64 The Story of Joseph 66 The Story Ends, for Now 86 PART TWO HELPING OUR SONS FIND THEIR PURPOSE IN LIFE 89 5 CREATING FAMILIES OF PURPOSE FOR BOYS 91 Creating a Three-Family System: The Parent-Led Team 92 The Development of a Boy's Sense of Destiny in the Family System 96 The Ten Values Tool 97 The Value of Teaching Sexual Purpose 109 Helping Our Sons Find Purposeful Work 115 Helping Boys Find Purpose in Their Media Use 121 A Boy's Search for Freedom 128 6 CREATING COMMUNITIES OF PURPOSE FOR BOYS 130 The Loss of Communities of Purpose for Boys 131 What the Community Can Do for Our Sons 134 Forming Purposef...
