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...Boyhood, argue that boys are in crisis from emotional undernourishment. Though our culture views them as testosterone-driven demons, boys are much more fragile than many adults realize. And that's about all they agree on; where they clash is on the origin of the difficulties and how to avert them...
...there any agreement at all on how to help avert crises? Sort of. Both advise boy-specific nurturing techniques, like engaging in action-oriented activity that will lead to conversation instead of asking direct "How do you feel?" questions. But Pollack says mothers (and fathers) must encourage a range of emotions and generally "stay connected" to their sons. The results of a recent study of 150 Northeastern boys (that provided some of the material for his book) led him to conclude that boys will eagerly communicate in a supportive environment. Gurian's all for connection, but primarily in the form...
Eventually they abandoned the campaign, but I suspect that they continued to avert their eyes when they passed the American Hereford Association building. Nobody thought the campaign had done any lasting damage; it's not easy, after all, to hurt the feelings of a cow. Then last week I read in the Wall Street Journal that the boneless sirloin known for decades as the Kansas City strip, a cut of meat invented in the Heart of America, is now on most steak-house menus as the New York strip--although in Kansas City outraged customers forced Ruth's Chris Steak...
People generally want to avert their eyes from the sight of those dealing with overwhelming physical challenges. But CHRISTOPHER REEVE won't let us. Reeve's book Still Me lodges itself at No. 1 on various best-seller lists. No wonder. By the day of his book-launch party, Reeve had already appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman (who, oddly, did not use the opportunity for a guest-specific Top 10 list), the Today show, Oprah, 20/20 and Larry King Live and done countless print interviews. Writing the book, Reeve says, "was one of the highlights...
...Without Europe?s support on immediate, tough action against India, the best efforts of the U.S. are unlikely to avert another seismic bang -- leaving Washington to ponder how a region tapped for another photogenic presidential excursion later this year suddenly turned into a nuclear hot zone...