What Your Son Isn't Telling You

Unlocking the Secret World of Teen Boys

Michael Ross, Susie Shellenberger

• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• eBook ISBN:
  9781441207678
• Year: 2010

What Your Son Isn't Telling You provides a rare look at the secret lives of teen boys--a world characterized by loneliness and peer fear; one in which measuring up as a man means conforming to a code of always being a tough guy, never showing weakness, and never expressing true feelings. Too many boys feel the constant pressure to prove themselves in classrooms, on playing fields, and especially among their friends. Deep inside they hunger for family support and connection--and long to be accepted by their peers. Each chapter of this must-read book is packed with real-life stories and emails from teen boys that will give parents a new understanding of what their sons aren't telling them.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. How a Boy’s World Looks and Feels
• 2. Breaking the Code of Cruelty
• 3. “Eight Things I Need You to Know About Me”
• 4. Teen Guy Battlegrounds
• 5. Making Contact: Getting Through to Your Son
• 6. Helping Him Unmask His “True Self”
• 7. Lust, Sex, and Dating
• 8. Keeping Him Safe in Cyberspace: Unplugging Porn
• 9. “Is Gay Okay?”
• 10. The Furious Five: What Guys Need
• 11. Anger and Depression
• 12. What He Needs From Mom
• 13. Father Hunger and Guy Time
• 14. Wired for Risks?
• 15. Lost in Space: If a Boy Rejects Christianity
• Conclusion
• Notes
• About the Authors
• Back Ads
• Back Cover