Editor’s note: Introducing “Catholic Book Pick,” a regular feature of recommended Catholic reading from Katie DeMoss, publicity director for Charlotte-based TAN Books and former reporter for the Catholic News Herald.
“Defending Boyhood: How Building Forts, Reading Stories, Playing Ball, and Praying to God Can Change the World” by Anthony Esolen
Boys and boyhood are under attack from all sides, the outcome of which is evident in a variety of problems plaguing society today: under-education, under-achievement, under-employment, crime, addiction to pornography, an increase of children born out of wedlock, and so much more.
“Defending Boyhood” addresses the many threats our sons face from the promoters of political correctness, as well as misguided efforts to blur the distinctions between boys and girls.
Using his trademark prose and style, references to Scripture and pop culture, as well as drawing from his own all-American boyhood, Anthony Esolen prescribes a return to sanity in an insane world and shows the parents of boys how to raise clean, confident and manly sons.
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