tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386339698166187133.post4627329081491829015..comments2023-10-06T07:29:12.220-04:00Comments on The Dawning of January: At a LossJanuary Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16539860749434822861noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386339698166187133.post-16878941947588978832012-07-26T22:15:04.128-04:002012-07-26T22:15:04.128-04:00Kristin - thank you so much for sharing this. I m...Kristin - thank you so much for sharing this. I most definitely will be visiting this site.January Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16539860749434822861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386339698166187133.post-81192180147802413642012-07-20T16:32:07.131-04:002012-07-20T16:32:07.131-04:00What a tragedy that we all woke up to hear about t...What a tragedy that we all woke up to hear about today. Stunned, really. <br /><br />Because I have two girls and my line of work finds me working with families, often surrounding the behaviour of their children, I have found the research of Barry MacDonald (Mentoring Boys) to be very helpful in informing parents about "boys' and "boy behaviour." This certainly doesn't solve the world's problems with violence and crime, but this newsletter informs us how to raise boys to become caring, courageous and ethical men. When I saw Barry speak he led a discussion about boys play and included some interesting thoughts on "gun" play. I believe he was suggesting that it will likely be unavoidable that a stick will turn into guns, however attempting to discourage the "acting out" of scenarios (over imaginative and made up play) and the use of toy guns, was a good place to start in keeping it "boys play" and not imitation of life.<br /><br />If this sounds like it might interest you more you can see his website http://www.mentoringboys.com/ I have definitely found it helpful in my work with parents in creating a vision of raising their sons.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040974899152167390noreply@blogger.com