Raising Boys To Be Their Best In A Rapidly Changing World

Boys may appear to be doing well on the outside, but they often hide a vast reservoir of vulnerability, sensitivity, and talent. As a result, boyhood is even more challenging in today’s fast-paced, overly competitive world. With climbing expectations, they are at risk of losing ground academically. They are showing more stress, and their behaviors get them diagnosed and medicated at levels that many have called epidemic. In this talk, we will explore how better to understand who boys really are and the best ways to raise them. How do they think? How do they develop? What can we do to help them succeed in the digital age of more screens and information overload? Dr. Rao will share his insights into how we can shepherd boys successfully into their teenage years and beyond and help them discover their true selves.

Dr. Anthony Rao holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Vanderbilt University and trained as a pediatric psychologist at Boston Children's Hospital. For more than 20 years, Dr. Rao worked in the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital and served as instructor at Harvard Medical School, where he trained psychologists and physicians in the use of Cognitive Behavior Therapy, or CBT.

Dr. Rao has been the featured expert on documentaries for the A&E series Investigative Reports and MTV's True Life series. Dr. Rao has been interviewed for articles in the New Yorker ("The Doubting Disease," by Jerome Groopman, April 10, 2000) and Parents Magazine, The Boston Globe, and The Washington Times. His editorial letters and opinions have appeared in the Newsweek, Scientific American, The New York Times, and New York Magazine. His book, The Way of Boys: Promoting the Social and Emotional Development of Young Boys, is about the crisis in American boyhood. It was published by HarperCollins in 2009 and released in paperback in 2010.

This event will be held on Tuesday, March 20th from 7:00-8:30pm at the Waldorf School of Lexington, 739 Massachusetts Ave. The cost is $10.00. Pre-registration, using a VISA or Mastercard, is highly recommended by contacting Lexington Community Education at 781 862 8043.

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