Parenting Resources

This list is provided by Pathways Tasmania and we welcome further suggestions.

There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. Hodding Carter.

General Resources

Rainbow Alert Scale Poster: Teenage Safety-Risk Assessment. Safety information and obtainable at www.biamenetwork.net/teenageassessment.html

Online Parent Information http://www.biamenetwork.net/ Select ‘’Parenting…Hands on Parenting”

Kids Free 2B Free. http://www.kf2bk.com/ A rich source of parenting information and research on a website that also tackles the exposure of children to inappropriate sexualized imagery on a bid to sell products.

Suggested Reading - Parenting
Teen Stages: How to guide the journey to adulthood; Mellor, Ken & Elizabeth, Finch Publishing, 2004 (Available online www.biamenetwork.net/ Select ‘Parenting”)

Parent Craft: A practical guide to raising children well; Mellor, Ken & Elizabeth, Finch Publishing, 2001 (Available online www.biamenetwork.net/ Select ‘Parenting”)

Puberty Boy - Geoff Price. 2005. ISBN: 1741145635

Raising Boys: Why Boys Are Different - and How to Help Them become Happy And Well-Balanced Men. Steve Biddhulph

Suggested Reading - the journey to manhood
Betwixt & Between - Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation. Louise Carus Mahdi, Steven Foster and Meredith Little

Crossroads - The Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passage. Louise Carus Mahdi, Nancy Christopher and Michael Meade

Additional Reading List
Manhood: An Action Plan For Changing Men's Lives. Steve Biddhulph
The Circle of Life. Rituals from the Human Family Album. Cohen, David, Ed. Harper San Francisco 1991

Boy into Man. A Fathers Guide to Initiation of Teenage Sons. Weiner, Bernard. Transformation Press. 1992

I Don't Want to Talk About It. Real, Terrence. Newleaf 1997

Iron John. Bly, Robert. Element 1990

The Wild man's Journey. Rohr, Richard. St. Anthony Messenger Press. 1992
Real Boy's Voices. Pollack, William. Random House. 2000
A New Psychology of Men. Pollack, William.
Death of a Hero, Birth of the Soul. Robinson, John C. Ph.D. Council Oak Books 1995
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover - Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine. Moore, Robert & Gillette, Douglas. Harper Collins. 1990
Rock & Water, Skills for Physical-Social Teaching with Boys. Ykeema, Freerk. Gadaku Institute.

Video
Video: Rock and Water. Basic Exercises Skills for Physical-Social Teaching for Boys. Ykeema, Freerk. Gadaku Institute.

Web

Pathways Foundation web http://www.pathwaysfoundation.com.au/ Information about Rites of Passage