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Strengthening Boys’ Hearts: Raising Kind, Confident Sons
A Guest Post by Michael C. Reichert, PhD In the early years of my first son’s life, we lived in a row house neighborhood in Philadelphia. Right down the street was a small playground, where gangs of boys gathered for games of stickball and basketball. My son was an eager athlete and loved playing sports.