The book offers plenty of suggestions about how to be closer with your son. This excerpt is from the storytelling section and focuses on how to tell stories to boys where they are a character within the story. They love it! Excerpt: Helping Mothers…
“The following is an excerpt from the section on teaching boys about emotions and focuses on helping him use his body to track his emotions. Excerpt: Helping Mothers be Closer to Their Sons, page 90 “The other thing you can do to help…
Testosterone Research techniques have improved and are showing us some new sides of the hormone testosterone. This excerpt is part of the section that talks about some of those discoveries. Excerpt: Helping Mothers be Closer to Their Sons, page 13-14 “For many years…
“This excerpt is from the section on “precarious manhood” that describes the latest research on the concept of manhood and how it is a moving goalpost that impacts boys and men. Excerpt from page 28, Helping Mothers be Closer to Their Sons “When…
“The following is an excerpt from the section on how boys heal. This excerpt focuses on healing through creative action. Excerpt: Helping Mothers be Closer to Their Sons, page 53-54 I once worked with a young man whose girlfriend was killed in a…
The first reason is that when boys go through puberty and get elevated testosterone levels their access to their emotional tears goes down. Basically, when boys are 12 they lose some of their connection with their emotional tears. My experience in working with boys and…
13 year old Jimmy came home and slammed his books down on the counter. Mom asked him what was up and he marched directly to his room and slammed the door. If you are the mom, what is your best option? Tell him…
“My son wants to win. Nearly all the time. When he doesn’t he gets upset. He won’t quit playing his video game until he reaches level 22. Food, rest, drink, nothing stops him.” I hear this often from parents. They scratch their heads about their…
Jason had experienced the death of his 16 year old best friend to suicide two months prior. His parents were worried about him. They hadn’t seen a tear from him and that just didn’t make sense to them. He didn’t talk much about it either….
How many times have we heard the lament, “But he never talks about his feelings.” And in many ways this lament is the truth but most people don’t have a clue why. Enter Shelly Taylor, PhD of UCLA. Taylor did the first research specifically on…