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Parenting Teen Boys with Love and Confidence

“John is the real deal… He knows what kids are dealing with, what their struggles are, where their strengths lie, what they know, and what they need.”—Giuliana Rancic, journalist, television personality, and infotainer

#1 Best Seller in Popular Adolescent Psychology

Dr. John Duffy; bestselling author of Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, clinical psychologist, and parenting expert; offers 8 practical solutions for dealing with our national crisis of disaffected boys and young men.

How to help our sons grow into happy, successful, capable adults. Recent decades have shown that boys are simply not thriving the way they should be. In Rescuing Our Sons, Dr. Duffy has developed 8 practical parenting steps to improve your understanding of your teenager, equip him with life skills to improve his present and his future, and bring your family together.

Become the effective, confident parent your teen needs. Raising responsible, confident boys is difficult, especially through the teen years. Dr. Duffy is dedicated to helping you encourage your son’s growth with positive parenting tips.

Inside, you’ll find:

  • Practical and proven parenting strategies for dealing with the common issues that teen boys face, including gaming addictions, pornography, vaping, and drug use
  • New perspectives and insights on your son’s teenage brain and behavior that will help you develop a more meaningful relationship with him
  • Methods for effectively raising a motivated young man who can overcome depression, anxiety, and risky behaviors

Readers of books on parenting teens, such as The Teenage Brain, How to Raise an Adult, He’s Not Lazy, or Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, will want to pick up a copy of Dr. Duffy’s Rescuing Our Sons.



Trade Review

“Importantly, this book doesn’t stop at pointing out the crisis in our midst. Duffy spends equal time on solutions, including a jam-packed resource guide filled with sites, seminars, apps, and experts to help boys with everything from finances to physical health to job searches to internet safety. He also doubles down on gentle, consistent nudges toward grace and empathy. ‘Listen more than you speak,’ Duffy writes. ‘Use emotional language when you talk with your boys. Encourage them to keep an open mind by doing so yourself. Hug them frequently. Show them your unconditional positive regard for them on the most trying day. Bring gentleness, quiet, and stability into their loud, harsh, unpredictable world.’ They’re shaped by that world, after all, and they’re shaping it. And it’s on us to help them remember how much the world needs and wants their full, whole, healthy, complicated, beautiful selves around.”
—Chicago Tribune



Table of Contents
Contents

Part One: An Emerging Realization

  • My Weekly Session Day with Girls
  • My Weekly Session Day with Boys
  • Boys in Crisis
  • Stressors in Common

Part Two: The Boy Problem Described

  • Why Boys? Why Now?
  • Emotional Language
  • Outside Influence: The Voices
  • Masculinity Confusion
  • Toxic Masculinity
  • Who’s Allowed at the Table?
  • Why Boys Need a Seat at the Table
  • A Call to Action
  • Boy Behavior

Part Three: The Gaps Our Boys Are Falling Through in Their Lives

  • The Emotional Intelligence Gap
  • The Loneliness Gap
  • The Opting Out Gap
  • The Joylessness Gap
  • The Post-Pandemic Gap

Part Four: The Problems

  • The Porn Problem
  • The Body Image Problem
  • The Weed Problem
  • The Mass Shooter Problem
  • The Video Game Problem
  • The Sexual Assault Problem
  • The Bully Problem
  • The Sports Betting Problem

Part Five: The Solutions

  • Your Relationship with Your Boy
  • The Value of Work
  • The Value of Movement
  • Physical Touch and Intimacy
  • Relationships
  • Friendships and Social Lives
  • The Usefulness of Therapy
  • Calling on All Dads and Men

Part Six: Conclusion

Acknowledgments
About the Author

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      Publisher: Mango Media
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9781684813681, 978-1684813681
      ISBN10: 1684813689

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Parenting Teen Boys with Love and Confidence

      “John is the real deal… He knows what kids are dealing with, what their struggles are, where their strengths lie, what they know, and what they need.”—Giuliana Rancic, journalist, television personality, and infotainer

      #1 Best Seller in Popular Adolescent Psychology

      Dr. John Duffy; bestselling author of Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, clinical psychologist, and parenting expert; offers 8 practical solutions for dealing with our national crisis of disaffected boys and young men.

      How to help our sons grow into happy, successful, capable adults. Recent decades have shown that boys are simply not thriving the way they should be. In Rescuing Our Sons, Dr. Duffy has developed 8 practical parenting steps to improve your understanding of your teenager, equip him with life skills to improve his present and his future, and bring your family together.

      Become the effective, confident parent your teen needs. Raising responsible, confident boys is difficult, especially through the teen years. Dr. Duffy is dedicated to helping you encourage your son’s growth with positive parenting tips.

      Inside, you’ll find:

      • Practical and proven parenting strategies for dealing with the common issues that teen boys face, including gaming addictions, pornography, vaping, and drug use
      • New perspectives and insights on your son’s teenage brain and behavior that will help you develop a more meaningful relationship with him
      • Methods for effectively raising a motivated young man who can overcome depression, anxiety, and risky behaviors

      Readers of books on parenting teens, such as The Teenage Brain, How to Raise an Adult, He’s Not Lazy, or Parenting the New Teen in the Age of Anxiety, will want to pick up a copy of Dr. Duffy’s Rescuing Our Sons.



      Trade Review

      “Importantly, this book doesn’t stop at pointing out the crisis in our midst. Duffy spends equal time on solutions, including a jam-packed resource guide filled with sites, seminars, apps, and experts to help boys with everything from finances to physical health to job searches to internet safety. He also doubles down on gentle, consistent nudges toward grace and empathy. ‘Listen more than you speak,’ Duffy writes. ‘Use emotional language when you talk with your boys. Encourage them to keep an open mind by doing so yourself. Hug them frequently. Show them your unconditional positive regard for them on the most trying day. Bring gentleness, quiet, and stability into their loud, harsh, unpredictable world.’ They’re shaped by that world, after all, and they’re shaping it. And it’s on us to help them remember how much the world needs and wants their full, whole, healthy, complicated, beautiful selves around.”
      —Chicago Tribune



      Table of Contents
      Contents

      Part One: An Emerging Realization

      • My Weekly Session Day with Girls
      • My Weekly Session Day with Boys
      • Boys in Crisis
      • Stressors in Common

      Part Two: The Boy Problem Described

      • Why Boys? Why Now?
      • Emotional Language
      • Outside Influence: The Voices
      • Masculinity Confusion
      • Toxic Masculinity
      • Who’s Allowed at the Table?
      • Why Boys Need a Seat at the Table
      • A Call to Action
      • Boy Behavior

      Part Three: The Gaps Our Boys Are Falling Through in Their Lives

      • The Emotional Intelligence Gap
      • The Loneliness Gap
      • The Opting Out Gap
      • The Joylessness Gap
      • The Post-Pandemic Gap

      Part Four: The Problems

      • The Porn Problem
      • The Body Image Problem
      • The Weed Problem
      • The Mass Shooter Problem
      • The Video Game Problem
      • The Sexual Assault Problem
      • The Bully Problem
      • The Sports Betting Problem

      Part Five: The Solutions

      • Your Relationship with Your Boy
      • The Value of Work
      • The Value of Movement
      • Physical Touch and Intimacy
      • Relationships
      • Friendships and Social Lives
      • The Usefulness of Therapy
      • Calling on All Dads and Men

      Part Six: Conclusion

      Acknowledgments
      About the Author

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