Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of BoysWestminster John Knox Press, 01/01/2007 - 204 من الصفحات The early years of adolescence are a tumultuous time, full of challenges and opportunities that can shape one's whole life. In recent years several books have analyzed this period of life for girls, but this is the first book that investigates the interior life of boys as they develop their sense of self and begin the spiritual journey that will carry them throughout their lives. The authors contend that adolescent boys often experience themselves at various times as losers, loners, and rebels. As self-defined losers, boys begin to realize self-awareness; as loners they begin to understand their own relatedness to the larger world; as rebels they gain a sense of self-sufficiency. Through these common experiences of life, boys gain self-awareness, self-transcendence, and self-sufficiency, concepts that take root in the spirituality that will last their lifetime. |
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... , we would like to thank our male students who have, in various ways, shared with us their stories of what they experienced as boys in early adolescence. Introduction This is a book that focuses on early adolescent ix Acknowledgments.
... stories , ideas , and concerns with other fathers . ” Fathers can also take cues from their wives . By observing how mom handles various situations with a boy and “ translating ” her approach into his own “ dad version , ” a father ...
... stories they tell us is that their relationships with their fathers were not what they had hoped and longed for. Another recurrent theme is that they were attracted to the ministry when they were boys. We think that these two themes are ...
... and to attend to his story . Through this personal exercise , a father will make him- self more available to his own son and to the sons of other men . SPIRITUALITY: WHAT ALL BOYS SHARE IN COMMON Those who work Introduction 5.
... our Sunday school books— that the boy in the following biblical story was our own age, despite the fact that he is referred to as a “child”: At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who 22 Losers, Loners, and Rebels.