Through moving case studies and cutting edge research raising cain paints a portrait of boys systematically steered away from their emotional lives by adults and the peer culture of cruelty boys who receive little encouragement to develop qualities such as compassion sensitivity and warmth the good news is that this doesnt have to happen there is much we can do to prevent it. Through moving case studies and cutting edge research raising cain paints a portrait of boys systematically steered away from their emotional lives by adults and the peer culture of cruelty boys who receive little encouragement to develop qualities such as compassion sensitivity and warmth the good news is that this doesnt have to happen there is much we can do to prevent it. Raising cain protecting the emotional life of boys ballantine readers circle kindlon phd dan thompson phd michael isbn 9780345434852 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. Protecting the emotional life of boys by michael g thompson phd and dan kindlon phd in raising cain michael thompson and collaborator dan kindlon phd two of the countrys leading child psychologists share what they have learned in decades of combined experience working with boys and their families they reveal a nation of boys who are hurting sad afraid angry and silent drs thompson and kindlon set out to answer this basic crucial question what do boys need that they . The authors of raising cain protecting the emotional life of boys describe a society our boys are growing up in that is cruel and suppressive imposing impossible expectations of masculinity boys are encouraged to compete ruthlessly to remain unaware of their inner lives and to avoid any expression or behavior that smacks of the feminine fathers being emotionally illiterate themselves are disconnected from their boys mothers are a bit more involved but at a loss for how to