Raising a Son: Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man - Softcover

Elium, Don; Elium, Jeanne

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9780941831703: Raising a Son: Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man

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ISBN 10: 0941831701 ISBN 13: 9780941831703

Publisher: Beyond Words Pub Co, 1992

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A guide to raising a male child describes the hidden problems of boy-specific needs, stresses the importance of the father's role in a son's development, and answers questions about male aggression, hostility, violence, and sexuality. Original. 20,000 first printing.

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Raising a Son has been recognized by the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, and over sixty newspapers and magazines for its unique, powerful, and life-changing effects on parents with boys of all ages.

About the Author:

As a transpersonal educator and workshop leader, Jeanne Elium challenges parents to put aside limiting stereotypes and gender roles in order to see their child through a wider lens. Don Elium is a marriage, family, and child counselor in private practice. He works extensively with men and women in recovery from the post-traumatic stress of childhood abuse with a special interest in healing the wounds of father/daughter relationships. Both Jeanne and Don are known for their powerful seminars that have brought healing to thousands of individuals and families. They also host the popular parenting radio talk show, "Sons and Daughters-for the Bold and Audacious Parent."

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