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Why girls talk and what they're really saying
a parent's survival guide to connecting with your teen
By Shaffer, Susan Morris & Gordon, Linda
- ISBN
- 978-0-07141-786-0
- Publisher
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on December 15, 2004
In adolescence, boys and girls distinguish themselves, among other things, by their communication style: the former don't talk, and the latter talk a lot. With research data and focus-group input, Shaffer and Gordon, an educator and a clinical social worker, respectively, solidly establish the social elements in which these behaviors take root. In Why Boys Don't Talk , the authors describe how the media, culture, and history all maintain the idea that in order to become men, boys have to be tough and hide th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
