REAL BOYS WORKBOOK

By William S. Pollack. Writing for teachers, parents, any adult caregiver, Pollock—a psychiatry professor at Harvard and leading authority on boys—offers stories, checklists, open-ended exercises, action tips, situational dos-and-don’ts, and other helps for guiding males from toddlerhood through adolescence. His 16 down-to-earth chapters provide strategies for dealing with anger and aggression, low achievement at school, conflict within the family, drug abuse, emotional problems (fear, depression, low self-esteem, thoughts of suicide), peer relationships, sexual behavior, boys and sports, media influences, death and divorce, and more. Resource for K–12. Villard. 368 pages. ©2001.

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