Beyond the Icarus Factor: Releasing the Free Spirit of Boys
A call to reconsider the place of boys in the family, schools, and community institutions that rob them of their inborn vitality and creativity - Argues that boys have a unique free-spirit nature and that efforts to alter or suppress it lead to profound unhappiness, pathology, or startling compulsions - Demands another approach to societal expectations, one that values and promotes the daring creativity of boys Richard Hawley's many years as headmaster...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1594772282
ISBN13:9781594772283
Release Date:February 2008
Publisher:Park Street Press
Length:166 Pages
Weight:0.62 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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Letting Boys Fly So They Can Be Free Men
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
In clear and inspired prose, Richard Hawley encourages us to understand how and why it is imperative that we see, hear, and feel--that is, to truly recognize--the spirit in and of boys that validates and allows them to be and become the men our country and the world needs them to be. Gary Margolis Ph.D. Exectuvie Director, Center for Counseling and Human Relations Middlebury College, Middlebury VT 05753
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