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'Dangerous Book for Boys' Soars to Dizzying Heights
Wall Street Journal ^
| May 18, 2007
| JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG
Posted on 05/19/2007 7:17:01 AM PDT by fgoodwin
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Instead of whining that this book is pitched at boys, let the feminists write their own version for girls!
Oh I forgot -- that would actually take some creative effort on their part . . .
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posted on
05/19/2007 7:17:03 AM PDT
by
fgoodwin
To: fgoodwin
Saw a mention of this book on
The Colbert Report. I agree with the author, kids must be allowed to take risks while growing up, so they can judge better, whether risks are worth taking or not, later on in life.
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posted on
05/19/2007 7:19:45 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: fgoodwin
At first glance, I thought they were talking about something like The Federalist Papers or The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, the type of individualistic ideas that send Feminazis into an uproar.
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posted on
05/19/2007 7:20:19 AM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: fgoodwin
liberal version:
“The Metrosexual Book for Boys”
To: fgoodwin
Ms. Friedman, who has two sons and two stepsons, explains: "Boys are very different." Duh.
L
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posted on
05/19/2007 7:47:15 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Comparing 'moderate' islam to 'extremist' islam is like comparing small pox to plague.)
To: secret garden; Gabz; xsmommy; Robert A. Cook, PE; Scotswife
The Dangerous Book for Boys.
Interesting. Dare I say that if the boys today were in Boy Scouts they would already know how to tie knots? LOL, looks like a good book though.
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posted on
05/19/2007 7:52:12 AM PDT
by
tioga
To: fgoodwin; patton
"Boys are very different."
...unless you're a girl with two very big brothers. you
learn real quick to be a "toughy girl", like our sweetie. ;)
this book does sound great, just the same.
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posted on
05/19/2007 8:32:56 AM PDT
by
leda
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: fgoodwin
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posted on
05/19/2007 8:33:30 AM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(Beware the secularization of America; the Islamization of Eurabia)
To: SandRat
If you think they’d be interested, would you mind pinging your Scout list re: this article?
Thanx
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:08:27 AM PDT
by
fgoodwin
(Fundamentalist, right-wing nut and proud father of a Star Scout!)
To: leda
OK, I give up, what does your tagline mean?
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:13:03 AM PDT
by
null and void
(The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
To: fgoodwin
I’ll have to get the bookstore and check it out before hitting the Scout Ping list on it. Sorry just being cautious.
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:28:10 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: fgoodwin
I remember doing things as a boy that would probably not be allowed to happen today lest the parents be dragged into court on child neglect charges.
Just one example: I remember crossing this railroad bridge on a regular basis. So long as a train wasn't coming, you were okay but there was no room whatsoever to stand aside when a train came over it. Well one morning I wasn't too careful and got caught in the middle of the bridge as an ear-splitting train whistle went off behind me. I literally had to hang off the railing of the bridge, dangling about 80 feet over the river, as the train whizzed by just a few inches from me.
I learned to always be careful of train tracks from that point on. But would a boy be able to cross that bridge today without the police being called (by the train engineer) and having the kid and parents dragged into court?
As a kid, we went swimming unsupervised where if we got into trouble, we were on our own. We went deep into the woods, explored caves, abandoned houses and other fun stuff. We made a tree house high up in the trees and once, one of the boys slipped coming down and broke his leg. But there were no lawsuits, no recriminating parents, no paperwork to fill out. The rest of us were back up in the treehouse that afternoon lamenting our friends sorry fate (and then laughing about it).
We used to have fist-fights in the schoolyard. A good way to settle childhood disputes or settle the score with some bully. But that would never happen today in our "zero-tolerance" environment for violence. One of my own kids was tormented by bullies one year and I told him to fight back and I gave the principal at the school a heads up. But the principal calls me and tells me that fighting back is not the solution and that if my boy was to fight the bullies on school property, he would have to file a report with the police about our conversation and consider my son the aggressor!
Another situation a few years ago. I dropped my son off at Little League practice, did a few errands and came back. I got a tongue-lashing from one of the other parents for leaving my child at practice alone. My kid was 12 years old at the time! Apparently I was supposed to bring a lawn chair and watch every single minute of every single practice just like the other over-protective moms and dads.
What a pussy-whipped society we live in today.
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posted on
05/19/2007 9:34:44 AM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(I am 74 days away from outliving Curt Hennig (whoever he is))
To: tioga
I think this is probably an interesting read. Here are the chapters:
The Greatest Paper Aiplane in the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Stickball
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing (revised with US Fish)
Timers and Tripwires
Baseball's "Most Valuable Players"
Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg
Spies-Codes and Ciphers
Making a Go-Cart
Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
Girls
Cloud Formations
The States of the U.S.
Mountains of the U.S.
Navigation
The Declaration of Independence
Skimming Stones
Making a Periscope
The Ten Commandments
Common US Trees
Timeline of American History
I would add more sports than baseball. Only about 20% of the boys I know play or care about it.
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posted on
05/19/2007 10:52:29 AM PDT
by
secret garden
(Dubiety reigns here)
To: fgoodwin
The gender-exclusive nature of "Dangerous" bothers some women. Yes, those women are known as Lesbians.
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posted on
05/19/2007 10:55:20 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Withhold Taxes - Starve a Liberal)
To: eyespysomething
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posted on
05/19/2007 10:58:01 AM PDT
by
SittinYonder
(Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan)
To: fgoodwin
Caught the author on The Colbert Report. Looked through the book at the bookstore a few days later, and it actually looks like a really good book.
We are going to get it, as we have 3 boys, and a grandpa who will have them a lot during the summer. He will already know this stuff, but it will be good for them to be able to read through it and ask him to help them (such as with the knots)
To: null and void; patton
it’s about a valentine’s day card patton made for me
just before our 19th anniversary. he tucked in that
picture of the 5,000 yr old corpses in an embrace.
it’s very special to me. :)
...then he stole my tagline... ;)
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posted on
05/19/2007 11:32:58 AM PDT
by
leda
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: leda
No I didn’t - I “reaffirmed our relationship” by sharing your tagline, just like you share my Mustang. ;)
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posted on
05/19/2007 11:38:57 AM PDT
by
patton
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: patton
yeah, we share my car...
i let you drive it once in a while ;)
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posted on
05/19/2007 11:41:52 AM PDT
by
leda
(19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
To: leda; patton; null and void
You’re gonna need showers after about 4999 years.
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posted on
05/19/2007 11:46:39 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
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