Description Foreword Part 1: Why Boys Become Who They Are Chapter 1: The Starting Point: The Ecology of Boyhood Heredity vs. Environment | The Driving Force Behind Boys: Testosterone | How Boys Think: The Male Brain | How Boys Feel: Emotions and the Brain Chapter 2: The Culture Boys Create Principle 1: Competition, Performance, and Skill-Building | Principle 2: Task-Based Empathy | Principle 3: Preference for Large Groups | Principle 4: The Pursuit of Independence | Principle 5: Personal Sacrifice Within the Group | Principle 6: Male Role Models | Principle 7: Turning Life into Sport and Sport into Life | Stages of Boys' Development | Can Boys Be Both Male and Feminist? Part 2: What Boys Need Chapter 3: Boys Need an Extended Family Three Family Structures | Boys as Members of an Extended Family | The First Family | The Second Family | The Third Family Chapter 4: What Boys Want From Their Mothers Conditions for a Healthy Mother-Son Relationship | What Boys Under 10 Want From Their Mothers | What Teenage Boys Want From Their Mothers | Does Maternal Love Fade? Chapter 5: From Dad to Father: The Father-Son Relationship Prince and King | The Father a Son Needs | What Fathers Need | Passing Down a Name to a Son | From Dad to Father: Letting Go of a Son Chapter 6: The Second Birth: The Path to Adulthood Jack and the Beanstalk | The Hero's Journey | Models of Coming-of-Age Rituals Part 3: How to Raise Boys Chapter 7: Teaching Rules What Is Good Discipline? | Discipline Before Age 10 | Discipline During Puberty and Adolescence | Violent Children | Discipline as an Ongoing System Chapter 8: Teaching Values, Morality, and Spirituality We Must Understand Before We Can Teach Our Children | Stages of Moral Development | Connecting With Boys Through Archetypes and Myths | Teaching Values Through Media | Teaching Boys to Care for Their Own Souls | "I Don't Want to Feel Like an Outsider." Chapter 9: Teaching Love and Sexuality Guiding Boys Into the World of Love and Sexuality | Teaching About Masturbation | What If My Son Is Gay? | Sex Education at School | Love as Spiritual Discipline | Love, Sexuality, and the Media | Boys and Sexual Violence | Practical Principles for Sex Education for Boys Chapter 10: Teaching Healthy Male Roles The Sacred Male Role for the 21st Century | Giving Boys Meaningful Responsibilities | Teaching the Sacred Role Afterword Acknowledgments