"Erudite...sensitive...There is a nice blend of family and work concerns in this book, which helps to make it one of the better contributions on male and female psychology thus far."THE BOSTON HERALDIn this ground-breaking book, Harvard psychologist Samuel Osherson shows how a man's unreconciled childhood images of his father affects his ...
"There are a flood of books today telling us that men can't love, that men long to escape intimacy and responsibility, that women love men who can't love them, and that women alone are the guardians of relationships. This doesn't fit with my own experiences, or what I have seen and heard". With these words, Osherson opens this book about men.
Samuel Osherson shows how a man's "unfinished business" with his father affects his relationships with his wife, children, friends, and bosses; how it can lead to a profound sense of loneliness and rage; and how every man can resolve the inner conflict of the father-son relationship. What makes this book special is after an examination of the ...
The author of the bestselling "Finding Our Fathers" helps assimilated and intermarried Jews find new ways of making Judaism an important part of their lives. Author lectures.
Beyond these powerful stories of memorable parenting successes, The Hidden Wisdom of Parents shows you how to find the remarkable, but often overlooked, experiences in your own life -- so that you can expand your understanding of your own parenting style, deepen your relationship with your children, and develop new perspectives on the problems you ...
The author of Finding Our Fathers reveals how men in our culture struggle to achieve intimacy in their relationships, even as strong messages about masculinity demand that they hide their desire for attachments. Osherson looks at how this ambivalence undercuts men at every stage of their lives.
In his superb successor to Finding Our Fathers, psychologist Samuel Osherson explores the most challenging and rewarding relationship in a man's life. Through revealing anecdotes and interviews with scores of fathers, Osherson illuminates the joy and anger, excitement and frustration, and discovery and bewilderment that all fathers experience.
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