Boys Becoming Men: Creating Rites of Passage for the 21st Century - Softcover
What is wrong with our boys? Why aren't they doing as well in their studies as girls are? Why are so many being caught up in drinking, drugs and crime? Why do so many find negotiating the journey into adulthood such a difficult task? Why do so many seem to reach physical maturity but not emotional maturity as well?
Lowell Sheppard, former National Director or BYFC and the father of two sons, looks at the whole issue of bringing up boys and suggests that we have abandoned one of the most vital tools - the use of puberty rites of passage (PROPs). Boys, he argues, need the combination of adventure, belief and ceremony that PROPs provide to help them understand and accept their arrival into adulthood - and for the rest of the community to recognise their arrival as well.
Pinpointing the crucial times in adolescence when PROPs should be used and drawing on the ideas of other cultures, he suggests how to plan a PROP, who to involve and how to adapt it to suit a boy's individual personality and talents.
This is a book for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, youth workers, pastors, teachers and anyone else who has an interest in and concern for the next generation. It is practical and accessible but written with a passionate concern for boys and their future.
Lowell Sheppard, former National Director or BYFC and the father of two sons, looks at the whole issue of bringing up boys and suggests that we have abandoned one of the most vital tools - the use of puberty rites of passage (PROPs). Boys, he argues, need the combination of adventure, belief and ceremony that PROPs provide to help them understand and accept their arrival into adulthood - and for the rest of the community to recognise their arrival as well.
Pinpointing the crucial times in adolescence when PROPs should be used and drawing on the ideas of other cultures, he suggests how to plan a PROP, who to involve and how to adapt it to suit a boy's individual personality and talents.
This is a book for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, youth workers, pastors, teachers and anyone else who has an interest in and concern for the next generation. It is practical and accessible but written with a passionate concern for boys and their future.
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- PublisherAuthentic Media
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1850784736
- ISBN 13 9781850784739
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages152
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