Warren Farrell - The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do about It

Praise for The Boy Crisis

Original, thoughtful, and filled with gems of practical wisdom to understand and support the future of boys.

Jack Canfield, coauthor of the #1 New York Times bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series

As an activist in the womens movement, Im proud of expanding life choices for our daughters. But no one did the same for our sonsuntil now. Dr. Warren Farrell shines his searchlight on the boy problem with no name in this totally absorbing, astonishing, and masterful book. Best of all, he offers parents and educators straightforward solutions with a heart full of compassion.

Gail Sheehy, author of Passages and Understanding Mens Passages

The Boy Crisis is the most important book of the 21st century. Farrell and Gray are absolutely brilliant. Their decades of experience addressing gender issues, and meticulous research, shines light on why our sons are failing, and why we live in a world of increasing violence. More important, they offer solutions that we can all unite behind. If you care about the very survival of humankind, you must read this book.

Jed Diamond, PhD, author of The Irritable Male Syndrome

A must-read for anyone who cares about our boys, our schools, our culture, and the future of our country.

Helen Smith, PhD, author of Men on Strike

The Boy Crisis is a groundbreaking and exhaustively researched book about one of the most vital and disastrous yet underreported topics in America by one of the most thoughtful writers of our time. As the wife of a dad-deprived man, and the mother of a dad-enriched son, I can personally vouch for its deep significance.

Suzanne Venker, Fox News contributor and author of The War on Men

In the last fifty years, nobody in the world has written more searchingly about men and women than Warren Farrell and John Gray. Finding these two brilliant minds joined in The Boy Crisis is like witnessing a pair of searchlights merging and focusing on the most important social question of our age: What is to become of the boys of today, the men of tomorrow?

Neil Lyndon, author of No More Sex War

The Boy Crisis is a heroic, compassionate book with clear analyses and accessible solutions. As a boy who grew up in crisis myself, I recognize how Drs. Farrell and Gray give us the roadmap to a better future for our boys, our families, and our country.

Thabiti Boone, former President Obama White House Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative champion, who chose raising his daughter over an NBA career

Reading The Boy Crisis is disturbing and disquieting. The deprivation, alienation, and loneliness I experienced with my father I imitated to a large degree with my own sons. With this exceptional book, Warren Farrell shows us a clear path to how we, as men, and as families, can break this cycle.

David Meggyesy, former NFL linebacker and regional director of the NFL Players Association and author of Out of Their League

I now have two young great-grandsons and The Boy Crisis will my bible.

Erin Pizzey, founder of the worlds first domestic violence shelters for women

A very important, powerful book, backed by incontrovertible research to allow each parent and professional to positively reshape boys lives.

Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Boys and Saving Our Sons

With the compassionate wisdom of a wise cultural warrior, Dr. Farrell emerges as a counselor not only to The Boy Crisis, but to society itself as he identifies the underlying conditions faced by our sons, from the Hero Paradox to male-style depression, and ways to rectify our sons mental, physical, economic, and educational health.

Barbara Marx Hubbard, Foundation for Conscious Evolution

The Boy Crisis is a goldmine. As a foster parent to hundreds of male teens at a group center, I know that had their parents been able to read The Boy Crisis, they would have avoided being taken from their homes, and experienced more effective and loving parenting.

Dr. Vanessa Dahn, executive director, Safe Landing Group Center

A must-read for any parent of a boy. You will find guidance in every area from physical health to mental health to creating stability for your son. Not only does it explain how, but the book provides reasons why, so you understand the full picture.

Rachel Alexander, contributor, Townhall

As a therapist for thirty-plus years, I have witnessed firsthand the quiet yet lethal crisis Drs. Farrell and Gray have identified by a socialization which prepares young men more effectively for death than life. With depth and urgency, Farrell and Gray give ever-penetrating attention to its amelioration.

Lori D. Galperin, LCSW, cofounder, Castlewood Treatment Centers

Farrell and Gray present an insightful, candid, and eye-opening view of the problems facing millions of boys and young men.

Dr. Linda Neilson, professor of education, Wake Forest University; author of FatherDaughter Relationships

Any help given to boys is often seen as taking away from helping girls. Warren Farrell helps us to understand why, if boys lose, girls lose as well. But what boys need to flourish is different from what girls need to flourish. Warren Farrell gets this. As the father of a daughter, I believe we all can benefit from reading The Boy Crisis.

Leonard Sax, MD, PhD, New York Timesbestselling author of Boys Adrift and Why Gender Matters

The Boy Crisis is a game-changing book. If you love your son, brother, husband, boyfriend, or any other man, it will change your life and theirs. It is filled with insight, compassion, and a powerful vision of the evolution of love. A must-read.

Dr. Marc Gafni, president, Center for Integral Wisdom

Poignant, inspiring, and information-packed.

Troy Kemp, executive director, National Center for the Development of Boys

The Boy Crisis will deepen your awareness and help you guide your son through the many dilemmas and ordeals that attend the journey from boyhood to manhood. Profoundly helpful.

Sam Keen, author of Fire in the Belly and Prodigal Father, Wayward Son

This book is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to serve as a substitute for professional medical advice. The author and publisher specifically disclaim any and all liability arising directly or indirectly from the use of any information contained in this book. A health care professional should be consulted regarding your specific medical situation. Any product mentioned in this book does not imply endorsement of that product by the author or publisher.

Copyright 2018 by Warren Farrell

copyright by John Gray

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