About the Book
Practical and Positive Parenting that Promotes Your Boy's Emotional IntelligenceFrom nationally recognized parenting expert and spokesperson, Will Glennon, come two hundred suggestions for raising emotionally aware and healthy boys.
Encouraging emotional intelligence from boyhood to manhood. Raised against a backdrop of gendered social and cultural norms, it's no wonder that boys are more likely to struggle with their emotional intelligence. In this quick read, Glennon lists two hundred ways to nurture young men and, in turn, teach them how to nurture back.
Parenting tips and quotes. Avoid fragile masculinity, frat boy culture, and everything in between with a better understanding of male child behavior. Designed to help raise compassionate, emotionally intelligent boys and supplemented with emotional intelligence examples and child rearing anecdotes, Nurturing Boys encourages playful, thoughtful, and deliberate parenting styles.
Inside, boys will learn how to:
Connect with and manage their feelings
Use their feelings constructively, not destructively
Communicate their feelings
If you've asked, "What is toxic masculinity?" or "What is emotional intelligence," and enjoyed books like Decoding Boys, Wild Things, Raising Cain, or How to Raise a Boy, then you'll love Will Glennon's Nurturing Boys.
About the Author :
Will Glennon is the author of 200 Ways to Raise a Boy's Emotional Intelligence, 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self-Esteem, and an editor of the bestselling Random Acts of Kindness series. He is a regular columnist for the Daughters newsletter and sits on the Board of Advisors for Dads & Daughters, a national parenting organization. The father of two children, a son and a daughter, Glennon lives in Berkeley, California.
Dr. Duffy is a highly sought-after clinical psychologist, best-selling author, podcaster, certified life coach, and parenting and relationship expert. He has been working in his clinical practice with individuals, couples, teens, and families for nearly twenty-five years. Dr. Duffy's refreshing and unique approach has provided the critical intervention and support needed to help thousands of individuals and families find their footing. Along with his clinical work, Dr. Duffy is the author of the number-one best-selling The Available Parent (Viva Editions, second edition released 2014). He is a frequent national media presence. He has been the regular parenting and relationship expert on Steve Harvey (with more than 75 appearances), and appears several times a month on WGN radio. He also appears frequently on other national and local television and radio outlets, and is cited regularly in national print and online publications. These include the Today show, Fox News, Chicago Tribune, Fox Good Day Chicago, The Jam, WGN-TV, the Morning Blend, NPR, the Huffington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Redbook, Time, Good Housekeeping, Men's Health, Chicago Parent, Cosmopolitan, Teen Vogue, Wired, Parenting, Your Teen, Parents, Family Circle, Chicago Sun-Times, and Real Simple magazine, among many others. As noted, he is contributor to the Pear app and co-host of the podcast with Giuliana and Bill Rancic, consults on two films on teen anxiety, and co-host of a popular podcast, better, with his wife Julie. He is also a frequent guest on other parenting and self-help podcasts. As also noted above, Dr. Duffy is a nationally-recognized expert in parenting, self-awareness, and relationships. Dr. Duffy lives outside Chicago with his wife Julie and son George.
Review :
"Stuffed full of practical tips for teachers and parents alike, 200 Ways to Raise a Boy's Emotional Intelligence will help you connect with, empower, and uplift the young men in your life."
--Becca Anderson, author of Every Day Thankful and The Buddha's Guide to Gratitude
"This book argues against teasing, shaming, and all the other negative methods that have been employed--with a societal wink and nod--to shape young men. Instead, Will sees our boys as they are: complex, infinitely interesting, and capable of great strength--but only if their emotional complexity is respected."
--Richard Louv, author of The Web of Life and 101 Things You Can Do for Our Children's Future
"Will Glennon's simple, straightforward definitions of the problems facing parents, teachers, and boys and his practical solutions help us all find our way through the often bewildering maze that lies between the limiting cultural stereotypes and the full potential of the human male."
--Jeanne and Don Elium, authors of Raising a Son: Parents and the Making of a Healthy Man
""With a deemphasis on fragile masculinity, frat boy culture, and everything in between, Nurturing Boys guides parents toward a better understanding of childhood behavior patterns, rather than defaulting to toxic norms."
--Dr. John Duffy, author of Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety and The Available Parent"
""This is the go-go guide to emotional intelligence for boys; Just excellent."
--Judy Ford, author of Wonderful Ways to Love a Child"
