A must-have book for boys looking for straightforward advice about their changing bodies and growing up. There are answers to questions about everything from shaving, vocal changes, bad breath, smelly feet, braces, and acne, to school, sports, girls, friends, family, and more. The Body Boo...
size, puberty and bodies are highlighted and little conversations about these somewhat “uncomfortable” topics are explored. Dr. Robyn Silverman interviews Charlotte Markey, Ph.D, who wrote both The Body Image Book for Girls and The Body Image Book for Boys!
Fat is a feminist issue, or so proclaimed the title of Susie Orbach’s influential book. For women, it was an empowering statement about taking control of their bodies and addressing the gender imbalance; body image, rightly or wrongly, has become part of feminine identity. It’s a statement...
but the oppositional voices are getting louder. Many of us here at the blog are fans of theMaintenance Phase podcastand hostAubrey Gordon’s book about weight loss myths. We’ve readKate Manne’sUnshrinkingandwritten about it.And we’ve consistently talked about body image, body acceptance, an...
The associations between digit ratio (2D:4D) and body image dissatisfaction among boys with different puberty developmental stages. (a) The association between 2D and Body shape dissatisfaction scores among boys with first spermatorrhea; (b) the association between 4D and body shape dissatisfaction sco...
body image. Body image is frequently disturbed in schizophrenia, and patients may feel that their body or its parts are changing in size or shape or are ugly or threatening. Rape or violent physical assault can disturb the feeling of being secure in one's own body. Changes in body image ...
The Madaras growing-up guides are acknowledged by parents, educators, librarians, and doctors for their unique, nonthreatening style, excellent organization, and thorough coverage of both the physical and emotional issues surrounding puberty and adolescence. And kids love them too! As one fan wrote,...
BOOKS -- ReviewsPUBERTYNONFICTIONReviews the book 'The What's Happening to My Body Book for Boys,' by Lynda Madaras.doi:10.1207/s15374424jccp1703_42NoneJournal of Clinical Child Psychology
doi:10.1080/01614576.2001.11074454Dianne Gwynne BergerJournal of Sex Education & Therapy
2Body image—the way people fee about their looks—is a big problem for many young people today.According to a study,more than half the teenage girls in the USA think they should be on a diet(节食)and almost one in five teenage boys are worried about their bodies and weight(体重). W...