- The Courage to Raise Good Men by Olga Silverstein and Beth Rashbaum (1994)
- I Don’t Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression by Terrance Real (1997)
- A Fine Young Man: What Parents, Mentors and Education Can Do to Shape Adolescent Boys into Exceptional Men by M. Gurian (1999)
- The Men They Will Become: The Nature and Nurture of Male Character by Eli Newberger (1999)
- Raising Boys: Why Boys are Different and How to Help Them Become Balanced Men by Steve Biddulph (1997)
- Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys by Michael Thompson and Kindlon (1999)
- Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myth of Boyhood by William Pollack Ph.D.(1998)
- Real Boys’ Voices by William Pollack Ph.D.(2001)
- Real Boys’ Workbook: The Definitive Guide to Understanding Boys by William Pollack Ph.D. (2001)
- Speaking of Boys by Michael Thompson Ph.D. (2000)
Empowerment Groups
- BAM! Boy’s Mentoring and Advocacy by Howard Hiton, Stephen Grant and Peter Mortolla (2007) www.bamgroups.com
- Boy Into Man: A Father’s Guide to Initiation of Teenage Sons by Bernard Weiner (1992)
- The Council for Boys and Young Men: The Council is a strengths-based group approach to promote boys’ and young men’s safe and healthy passage through pre-teen and adolescent years. www.boyscouncil.com
Masculinity
- The Adonis Complex: How to Identify, Treat, Prevent Body Obsession in Men/Boys by H. Pope, Phillip, Olivardia (2002)
- Video: Tough Guise: Violence, Media and the Crisis in Masculinity
- What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys by Lynda Madaras (2007)
Hi! I’m Dr. Kathy. Welcome to my website! Although Family Empowerment Network is formally closed, we want to keep these resources available to you. Our belief is that parents are the most wise and intuitive about what is best for their children. However, parents sometimes need the support of effective, timeless, compassionate parenting information and strategies. On this website you will find our three parenting books on boys, girls, and kids’ social lives and ten years of monthly newsletter articles. In addition, a powerful, under-recognized resource is the support of other parents. Here you will find how to use our books as discussion guides for monthly self-led parenting groups. One last resource: I am still available to give talks and workshops.
