The Last Boys Picked The Last Boys Picked

The Last Boys Picked

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

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Publisher Description

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 how these boys are relegated to a second-class social status simply because they can't make a free throw or because they can spell better than they can run.

Compassionate, empowering, and instructive, The Last Boys Picked will help parents, teachers, coaches, and caregivers identify the social and emotional hurdles that these boys face. It offers specific action steps to help any child build resilience and a healthy self-esteem-and tips for talking to them about their experiences and teaching them to face the schoolyard-and the world-with confidence.

GENRE
Parenting
RELEASED
2012
September 4
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
928.8
KB

Customer Reviews

Geoff Turnbull ,

The last boys picked

This is a great book! It is good for parents of boys or girls. My daughter does not like sports, she has been bullied and I did not know what to do. I looked for a book that would help me understand how to help her. It gave me insight into her feelings, how to talk to her and work with the school. Schools and parents should all read this important book.

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