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Un pregiudizio è un errore che si ripete all'infinito, e i ragazzi ne sono le vittime preferite. La psicologia, spesso inconsapevolmente, si è resa complice di questa deriva, contribuendo al loro inscatolamento all'interno di categorie remote, create quando si andava ancora con la carrozza a cavalli e la speranza di vita non superava i cinquant'anni. Basterebbero queste affermazioni per renderci prudenti sulla pretesa di risolvere tutto con un libro: il rischio di rimanere delusi è dietro l'angolo, perché troppi cancelli, pesanti, si sono chiusi nel frattempo intorno ai ragazzi.

Vous êtes parfois épuisés, dépassés par les conflits avec vos enfants, par l'incompréhension qui s'installe entre vous et eux ? Voici une invitation à changer votre regard sur l'éducation, à remettre en question l'héritage de vos parents. Soyez authentiques, écoutez-vous, connectez-vous à ce qui se passe au plus profond de votre être, et vous serez plus à même de les écouter, de les responsabiliser et de les accepter tels qu'ils sont. Aidez-les à grandir, et vous allez grandir avec eux !

Existen gran cantidad de libros sobre el embarazo destinados a las mujeres, pero por fin se publica uno escrito por un hombre y dedicado al sexo masculino. Y ya era hora, porque si la mujer en dichos libros encuentra respuesta a absolutamente todas sus preguntas o casi (¿acaso en estas obras se han parado alguna vez a pensar en lo que siente el progenitor?), el hombre, desde que le dan la noticia de su futura paternidad, deberá sobrevivir en un solitario y desconocido mundo, lleno de sorpresas....

My Son's Not Rainman is a heartfelt and uplifting account of everyday events in the life of John and his son (The Boy). The Boy is 12 years old and autistic. He isn't a genius. His only special power is making his dad laugh. A lot. Following the success of his blog, John talks not just about the difficulties of having a child who is considered 'different' but also the joy of living with someone who looks at the world in a unique way.

In the Fall of 1970, at the start of eighth grade, Peter Selgin fell in love with the young teacher who'd arrived from Oxford wearing Frye boots, with long blond hair and a passion for his students that was as intense as it was rebellious. The son of an emotionally remote inventor, Peter was also a twin competing for the attention and affection of his parents. He had a burning need to feel special. The new teacher supplied that need.

A funny and poignant memoir that delves into the magic, fails, and meaning of fatherhood. Humorist and family man Jason Good is an only child with an atypical story to tell. His isn't the usual rant about how hard it is to be a modern father or a tale about a damaging relationship with his father. Jason grew up with a charismatic, communicative, affectionate, and frustrated political science professor for a father - a man who taught him most everything about how to be a dad, how to live.

It's not just moms who are struggling with the work-family juggle; more dads are suffering from the stress of unreachable expectations and incompatible commitments. Now, in this second phase of the women's movement, one of the founding editors of Ms. magazine says men can be allies, not enemies, if they use their power (earned or not) to protect their families.

When Steve Friedman was a child growing up in the suburbs of St. Louis, the game of golf was, to him, mysterious and dark. His father’s passion for it caused friction in his marriage and eluded the interest of his youngest son, who was devoted instead to basketball. For that and many other reasons, the two failed to bond, ultimately leading to an awkward and unhappy relationship. But Friedman never forgot the love his father had for golf, and after many years, when he was in his 40s, he reached out and asked his dad to teach him the game.

A response to all those grandmother books with flowers and puppies on the cover, Grandma Rules is a book for the hip, baby boomer grandma who realizes that after all the work she put into her own kids, she can take a break and have fun with her grandkids. A perfect gift for the greatest grandmothers you know, this book is laugh-out-loud funny while offering useful insights and tips on how to embrace the world’s greatest job.

Fourteen years ago, Mike Milligan learned he would become a grandfather for the first time. He was surprised to find that there was little or no information available on what it means to be a grandfather, how to make the most of the experience, and how to be the best grandfather possible. Sure, there were shelves of books dedicated to grandmothers - all with cuddly covers depicting spring bouquets or gentle little lambs. But there was not a single book that spoke to him, a 64-year-old grandfather-to-be. It struck him that there were countless other grandfathers out there experiencing this same feeling of neglect.

Diagnosed as severely autistic at the age of three, Tito, nearly nonverbal, was brought up by his loving mother Soma, who taught him to read English and challenged him to write his own stories. The initial result was The Mind Tree, published in 2003, which Tito wrote between the ages of eight and 11. The Gold of the Sunbeams is an equally impressive, beautiful collection of stories, each prefaced by a charming note from Tito explaining how the story came into being.

Community leaders and activists Gómez and Arroyo worked with children, teenagers, and parents - both the victims and the bullies - to put together this searing anthology of original essays, poetry, plays, and commentary on how bullying has affected their lives.

After the death of his brother and the sudden end of his marriage, and after his ex-wife moved to another state leaving him alone with their two young children, Dan Glick embarked on single fatherhood in an unusual way: he took his kids on a journey around the world. The idea was to go see some of the world's rare life forms before they disappeared from the planet, and to do it before the kids themselves would grow up and chart their own paths.

Rick Marin is possibly the world’s most sports-challenged dad -- a guy who couldn’t tell you what channel ESPN was on, thinks the “Final Four” is a quartet of apocalyptic superheroes and hasn’t set foot in a stadium since the last Pink Floyd concert. Until his 6-year-old son utters the four most powerful words in the English language: “Dad, will you coach?”

Lina was a precocious toddler - charming, chatty, joyful. At the age of three, in the aftermath of her second MMR vaccine, first came a seizure, and then, to her parents’ horror, the loss of Lina’s ability to play, use language, and control her impulses. Over the next few years they continued to lose Lina. She communicated her acute discomfort by biting, screaming, hitting, laughing maniacally, and throwing violent tantrums.

Following on the heels of his successful book on grandfatherhood (Grandpa Rules), veteran comedy writer Michael Milligan set his sights on the joys and stresses of fatherhood. A response to all those dad books full of empty platitudes and hokey lessons, Dad Rules is a book for the hip dad who can use a laugh (if not a drink) at the end of another trying day with his kids. A perfect gift for the dads in your life, this book is laugh-out-loud funny and offers useful insights and tips on how to embrace the world's greatest job.

"È proprio vero che quando ti nasce un figlio non sai mai chi ti metti in casa. Poco più di un anno fa è arrivata Penelope Nina. Se prima eravamo in due è il racconto di come è andato l'inizio della nostra conoscenza e di come, piano piano, mi sono innamorato di lei. Questo nonostante occupi la stanza migliore, urli di notte, se la faccia addosso di continuo e non paghi l'affitto. Tutte cose che non perdonerei nemmeno a Scarlett Johansson, il che la dice lunga. La realtà è che ormai sono suo schiavo. Aggiungete che ho una moglie vegana, salutista e vagamente dittatoriale".

Nel momento stesso in cui sente una piccola vita fiorire dentro di sé, una donna diventa madre. E per tutte, ma proprio per tutte, quel momento è lo stesso. Ma per un padre è diverso. Quel momento potrebbe capitare nella sala d'attesa di un ospedale, oppure la prima volta che tocca quel piedino paffuto. Di fronte alla prima tutina, o mentre suda sette camicie per montare l'ovetto nell'automobile. Potrebbe essere dopo un minuto, ma anche dopo un mese. Per ogni uomo la prima volta che comincia a sentirsi padre è diversa. E questa non è che la prima di tantissime prime volte.

Genitori in coppia, coniugata e di fatto, più di due genitori, un figlio ad ogni costo, genitori omosessuali: diversi modi di essere madri e padri e una molteplicità di forme di famiglia.

"Cosa posso fare per i miei figli?", "Qual è il meglio che posso offrire loro?" A queste domande, che sintetizzano le mille preoccupazioni dei genitori nei confronti dei figli, Alain Braconnier dà una risposta univoca e chiara: l'ottimismo! Più dei prestigiosi percorsi formativi, dei tanti corsi "di qualcosa", delle amorevoli cure e attenzioni perché siano sempre ben nutriti, ben vestiti, ben educati, in salute, in forma, istruiti, protetti, e chi più ne ha più ne metta, ciò che serve davvero ai nostri figli è una buona dose di ottimismo.