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oapen-20.500.12657-893712024-05-30T11:29:28Z Adolescent Boys Way, Niobe Chu, Judy Y. Child, developmental and lifespan psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMC Child, developmental and lifespan psychology A flurry of best-selling works has recently urged us to rescue and protect boys. They have described how boys are failing at school, acting out, or shutting down emotionally. Lost in much of the ensuing public conversation are the boys themselves—the texture of their lives and the ways in which they resist stereotypical representations of them. Most of this work on boys is based primarily on middle class, white boys. Yet boys from poor and working class families as well as those from African American, Latino, and Asian American backgrounds need to be understood in their own terms and not just as a contrast to white or middle class boys. Adolescent Boys brings together the most up-to-date empirical research focused on understanding the development of boys from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The authors show how the contexts of boys' lives, such as the schools they attend shape their identities and relationships. The research in this book will help professionals and parents understand the diversity and richness of boys' experiences. 2024-04-03T10:10:27Z 2024-04-03T10:10:27Z 2004 book ONIX_20240403_9781479872572_89 9781479872572 9780814793848 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89371 eng application/pdf application/epub+zip Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International 9781479872572_WEB.pdf 9781479872572_EPUB.epub New York University Press NYU Press 10.18574/nyu/9781479872572.001.0001 10.18574/nyu/9781479872572.001.0001 7d95336a-0494-42b2-ad9c-8456b2e29ddc 9781479872572 9780814793848 NYU Press New York open access
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A flurry of best-selling works has recently urged us to rescue and protect boys. They have described how boys are failing at school, acting out, or shutting down emotionally. Lost in much of the ensuing public conversation are the boys themselves—the texture of their lives and the ways in which they resist stereotypical representations of them. Most of this work on boys is based primarily on middle class, white boys. Yet boys from poor and working class families as well as those from African American, Latino, and Asian American backgrounds need to be understood in their own terms and not just as a contrast to white or middle class boys. Adolescent Boys brings together the most up-to-date empirical research focused on understanding the development of boys from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. The authors show how the contexts of boys' lives, such as the schools they attend shape their identities and relationships. The research in this book will help professionals and parents understand the diversity and richness of boys' experiences.
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