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Therapist Olga Silverstein discusses how mothers of male offspring can break a pattern wherein men, socially required to break away from their mothers, also dismiss the qualities associated with "mother" such as caring, nurturing, empathizing, worrying, and communicating. This results in u...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Ackerman Institute for Family Therapy, Alexander Street Press, Microtraining Associates
Other Authors: Graumann, Peter, Lerner, Steve, Silverstein, Olga
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Alexander Street Press, [2009]
Series:Counseling and therapy in video, volume 1
Subjects:
Boys > Psychology.
Child rearing.
Masculinity.
Men > Psychology.
Mothers and sons.
Internet videos.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Therapist Olga Silverstein discusses how mothers of male offspring can break a pattern wherein men, socially required to break away from their mothers, also dismiss the qualities associated with "mother" such as caring, nurturing, empathizing, worrying, and communicating. This results in unhappy, unfulfilled men and perpetuates a patriarchal system that shortchanges men and women alike. Mothers must have the courage to discard cultural conventions of how to raise sons and instead become "agents of their own values."
Item Description:Accompanied by transcript of program, clips and abstract.
Originally produced in 1996.
Previously published as DVD.
Title from title frames.
Slide.
Physical Description:1 online resource (32 min.)