The Purpose of Boys: Helping Our Sons Find Meaning, Significance, and Direction in Their Lives [精裝] (男孩的目標：幫助我們兒子尋找生活中的意義與方向)

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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 Purpose of Boys provides a clear, research-based view on the significance of fully committing ourselves to the important task of raising our sons. It gives us a useful, applicable set of tools and strategies to do so." —Harold S. Koplewicz, M.D., founder and director, NYU Child Study Center "The Purpose of Boys is a wake-up call for parents, teachers, counselors, and mentors. This book assembles invaluable insights and resources, especially mentoring resources that will assist in the transition of boys to men and eventually help propel them into a purpose-driven life." —Robert Haley, former president, 100 Black Men of Atlanta "Upon reading Michael Gurian's new book, The Purpose of Boys, I asked my eight-year-old son, Evan, what he anticipated about the future. He said, 'Being awesome.' I then asked him what he most feared about the future. He said, 'Not being awesome.' This book changed the way I think about my son and his future, and even more important, how he thinks about his future. This is a great book." —Tracey J. Shors, Ph.D., department of psychology and neuroscience, Rutgers University
 

目錄
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 Purpose Differently. 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 Family System. 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 for Boys. 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 Your Son. Guiding a Son Through Male Adolescence. Developing Your Own Rite-of-Passage Programs. The "Here I Am" Rite-of-Passage Program. The Power of Purposeful Men. Epilogue: Coming Together to Advocate for Boys. Notes and Resources. Bibliography. Appendix: Rite-of-passage Programs. The Gurian Institute. The Author. Index.