Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of America's Boys
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Actor: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: PBS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-17
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS (Direct)
DVD Reviews of Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of America's Boys
DVD Review: Raising Cane
Summary: 5 Stars
I think if you have boys every mom needs to watch this!!!!! This is amazing video that shows that there is nothing wrong with active boys. I have loaned it out several times and watched it over and over again. Please Please Buy this it will truly open your eyes to a lot of things about raising kidsDVD Review: Good But With Flaws
Summary: 3 Stars
Important with a few flaws. Regarding the Snow White Rape Scene: First of all, they talk about these boys being shocked that people would be offended by this. Does it trouble anyone else that rape and violence against women has been totally de-sensitized in the eyes of American boys? Of course seeing a mock rape scene would be upsetting! Yikes. Second of all, allowing these boys to have their mock rape scene sends the message that rape is ok to their fellow students. Rape is a huge problem even in wealthy communities in America. The documentary began to touch on how boys are taught to sexualize women and view them as the other but didn't complete the dialogue. I'm disappointed this was not delved into deeper.DVD Review: very interesting
Summary: 4 Stars
parents of boys can definitely benefit from this film--reinforces what we know about how they learn.DVD Review: Enlightening
Summary: 5 Stars
Very good companion to the book. The DVD allows you to put faces and names to the concepts discussed in the book. Plus if your pressed for time you can go to the DVD first and then read the book later. DVD Review: Mandatory Viewing
Summary: 5 Stars
Before infant boys are released to their parents, hospitals should make it mandatory that both parents view this outstanding film.
I had my niece watch this film and she was impressed with the information she got from the video. She told me that it helped her to understand why her son was so different from girls. She also had her husband view it and he said he understood why their son preferred his mother emotional support more and that he would be there for him when he came into puberty.
With the schools attempt to feminize boys (the only way that would succeed is to emasculate them),there should be mandatory classroom instruction for teachers before they can get their credentials. All parents should insist that what's suggested by the film be implemented in all segment of our culture so we can stop the bleeding that alienated boys have caused to their fellow beings.
There are other media that parents should read or view. There's institutional abuse (book-Harmful to Minors), parents who are more focused on themselves rather than their children (Norwegian film - Lakki, The Boy who could Fly).
Teenagers have a difficult enough time what with bullying in schools, lack of personal privacy at home, and many others that make life very difficult for teenagers.
I wish Michael Thompson had gone into boys emerging puberty on the subject of sex that was dealt with in the French film 'Murmur of the Heart'.
Description of Raising Cain: Exploring the Inner Lives of America's Boys
Raising Cain is a 2-hour PBS documentary that explores the emotional development of boys in America today. Our guide in the program is child psychologist Michael Thompson, PhD, one of America's leading experts on boys. His book on the emotional lives of boys, "Raising Cain," with co-author Dan Kindlon, was a New York Times bestseller. Raising Cain explores the lives of boys from birth through high school through powerful documentary stories about real boys. The hallmark of the program is Michael Thompson's in-depth interviews and interactions with these boys. The interviews reveal the challenges and confusion that boys encounter while growing up in America. In addition, Michael Thompson models ways for parents, educators and counselors to engage boys and help them bring their inner lives to the surface.In Raising Cain, the two-hour documentary based on the book by the same title, Dr. Michael Thompson discusses how the educational system and today's cultural circumstances are not equipping America's boys with the right tools to development emotionally. If society and the school system stay on their current path, the boys of America are headed for trouble. The lack of positive "father figures" in most American homes, the removal of physical education and recess in schools, a school system geared more toward girls' educational development, and the emotional confusion many boys face when growing up with without any adult male guidance are all contributing factors to American boys' decline in classroom performance, rise in violent outbreaks, and inability to communicate inner feelings. To get to the heart of the issue, Dr. Thompson proposes that by understanding the psychology of boys, we can help get them on track. To get his point across, Dr. Thompson interviews the lives of various "real boys" from birth through high school, of different race and socio-economical backgrounds. His candid interviews reveal the many challenges and confusion all boys encounter while growing up in America. At the end of each section, Dr. Thompson defines ways for parents, educators, and counselors to engage boys and help them discuss many of the internal issues they are conflicted with. This excellent documentary is a real eye-opener and does an effective job pointing out the issues many parents do not feel comfortable talking about, nor understand how to address. Raising Cain is highly recommended to any parent, particularly those that are raising boys. --Rob Bracco
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