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Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., a member of the Harvard University faculty for over fifteen years, teaches child psychology and conducts research in child development. A leading clinical and research psychologist specializing in behavioral problems in children and adolescents, Dr. Kindlon has focused on the diagnosis and treatment of emotional issues, learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders in over 20 years of clinical practice. He is the author of many articles in scientific journals and several books, including Alpha Girls, Raising Cain, Too Much of a Good Thing, and Tough Times, Strong Children. Dr. Kindlon lectures widely to groups of parents, educators, and mental health professionals, and has made many national media appearances, including on The Today Show, 20/20, CNN, and National Public Radio. He lives outside Boston with his wife and two children.
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In your introduction you say that a catalyst for writing the book was
your desire to help people see beyond the surface of boys' lives to the
often overlooked richness and complexity of their inner lives. What else
contributed to the genesis of this work?
Three factors come to mind. My wife and I were at brunch with
a woman friend of ours who is in publishing, and we were talking about the
popularity of Mary Pipher's book on adolescent girls, Reviving Ophelia. At
that time I had this nebulous book idea, one born of my years of studying
and talking to an array of boys with an array of issues. Our conversation
turned to the idea of a Reviving Ophelia for boys. What would define a
book on male adolescents? What preconceptions and misconceptions about
them deserved scrutiny and challenging? My wife, a therapist as well,
thought that such a book was really needed, and encouraged the project.
The second catalyzing
event involved conversations that I had had with Michael Thompson, who is
at Belmont Hill, a boys' school comparable to the one at which I work, St.
Sebastian's. We spoke at length about the kind of teasing and cruelty that
we saw taking place...
Robert Brooks, Ph.D., is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School and has served as Director of the Department of Psychology at McLean Hospital. He is one of today's leading speakers on the themes of resilience, self-... (more)
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William S. Pollack, Ph.D. is the Director of the Centers for Men and Young Men and the Director of Continuing Education (Psychology) at McLean Hospital; and is Assistant Clinical Professor (Psychology) in the Department of ... (more)
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