Tag Archives: emotions

Help Boys Listen & Learn (Listener Q & A)

September 3, 2020Listener Q & A, UncategorizedBuilding Boys Bulletin, communication, discipline, emotions, fathers, learning, listener Q & A, parenting, school, teens, video gamesJanet

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How do we help boys listen & learn? In month whatever of the pandemic, we’re all grappling with a lot of tough questions, including what to do about school and injustice and inequality. We can’t give you any easy answers regarding schooling during the cornonavirus pandemic or the fight for equality and justice. There aren’t … Continue reading Help Boys Listen & Learn (Listener Q & A) →

Wilderness Therapy w Paul Cumbo

July 9, 2020Guests, Uncategorizedanger, books for boys, emotional development, emotions, Inst, Paul Cumbo, reading, teens, Wilderness TherapyJanet

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He couldn’t sleep. Mike’s face stung from the gash and the stitches and a pulsing ache radiated from the back of his skull. His knuckles were shredded, and his arm throbbed under the thick bandages. Whether he closed or opened his eyes — even his EYES hurt — the images were there. Like grainy documentary … Continue reading Wilderness Therapy w Paul Cumbo →

Sexual Abuse Affects Boys Too (w Lawrence Cohen)

May 28, 2020Guestsconsent, emotions, Lawrence Cohen, metoo, roughhousing, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassmentJanet

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1 in 5 boys experience sexual abuse before their 18th birthday. More than one-quarter of male victims of a completed rape (27.8%) experienced their first rape when they were 10 years of age or younger. And 43% of men report experiencing some form of sexual harassment and/or assault in their lifetime. Today’s guest, psychologist Lawrence … Continue reading Sexual Abuse Affects Boys Too (w Lawrence Cohen) →

Parenting Your Adult Children

April 23, 2020Parenting, Uncategorizedadult children, emotions, graduation, parentingJanet

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The phrase “adult children” is an oxymoron: the words adult and children clearly describe very different things, and it’s impossible to be an adult and a child at the same time. Except it’s not. Most of us are adult children; Jen is 47 and a bona fide adult, but she’s also still the child of … Continue reading Parenting Your Adult Children →

Managing Emotions

April 2, 2020Emotional Development, GuestsEllen Dodge, emotional development, emotions, feelings, Kimochis, The Parenting PartnerJanet

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Managing emotions — our boys, & our own — is challenging in the best of times. This, most definitely is not the best of times. We’re cooped up in our houses with kids who miss their friends and activities. With boys who no longer have soccer or baseball practice to help them burn off some … Continue reading Managing Emotions →