Last Boys Picked Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sports Survive Bullies and Boyhood

Name: Last Boys Picked Helping Boys Who Don't Play Sports Survive Bullies and Boyhood
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ISBN: 9780425245439

ISBN-10: 0425245438

ISBN-13: 9780425245439

Edition: 2012

Authors: Janet Sasson Edgette, Beth Margolis Rupp

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Boys who don't play sports are often the targets of bullying, but a boy's worst bully may be the one he can't see: society's expectations about how he should act, how he should relate, and how he should play. Overlooked by a society that reinforces impossible standards of "masculinity," boys who are uninterested in competitive sports or have non-aggressive personalities are often vilified and bullied for being different as they grow up in the shadow of America's obsession with bigger, faster, richer, and stronger. Through a fascinating assortment of in-depth interviews, clinical case studies, and examples from popular literature, Dr. Janet Sasson Edgette and Beth Margolis Rupp illustrate…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 284
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English

Janet Sasson Edgette, Psy.D, MPH, is a clinician in private practice in the Philadelphia area and the author of Stop Negotiating With Your Teen: Strategies for Parenting Your Angry, Manipulative, Moody, or Depressed Adolescent and the coauthor of The Handbook of Hypnotic Phenomena in Psychotherapy.



Authors' Notes



Living in Dread of Phys Ed



What Kind of Boy Doesn't Like to Play Sports?



The Role of Sports in Boys' Lives



Fake It, Make It-or Break



The Dangers of Romanticized Masculinity



Boys in Straitjackets



We Need a Different Type of Warrior



Family Matters



Whenever Anyone Loses, Everyone Loses



Becoming Effective Agents of Change


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