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packaging boyhood saving our sons from superheroes slackers and other media stereotypes
player . jock . slacker . competitor . superhero . goofball . boys are besieged by images in the media that encourage slacking over studying ; competition over teamwork ; power over empower ment ; and being cool over being yourself . from cartoons to video games boys are bombarded with stereotypes about what it means to be a boy including messages about violence risktaking and perfecting an image of just not caring . straight from the mouths of over 600 boys surveyed from across the u.s. the authors offer parents a long hard look at what boys are watch ing reading hearing and doing . they give parents advice on how to talk with their sons about these troubling images and provide them with tools to help their sons resist these mes sages and be their unique selves .