{"product_id":"9781101561096","title":"The Mama's Boy Myth: Why Keeping Our Sons Close Makes Them Stronger","description":"\u003cb\u003e A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributor offers a radical  reexamination of a hot-button issue of the mother and son relationship  and advocates the end of the \"mama's boy\" taboo. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e contributor Kate Stone Lombardi unveils the  surprisingly close relationship between mothers and sons. Mother after  mother confessed to Lombardi that her husband, brothers, and even  female friends and family criticize the fact that she is \"too close\" to  her sons. Many of these women are often startled by the strong  connection they feel with their sons; but rarely do they talk about it  because society tells them to push their little boys away and not  \"baby\" them with too much cuddling and comforting. It is as if there  were an existing playbook-based on gender preconceptions dating back to  Freud, Oedipus, and beyond-that prescribes the way mothers and their  sons should interact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLombardi's much-needed narrative is the first and only book to  share truly revealing interviews with mothers who have close  relationships with their sons, as well as interviews with these women's  sons and husbands. Lombardi persuasively argues that the rise of the  new male-one who is more emotionally intelligent and more sensitive  without being less \"manly\"-is directly attributable to women who are  rejecting the \"mama's boy\" taboo. Highlighting new scientific studies,  \u003ci\u003eThe Mama's Boy Myth\u003c\/i\u003e begins a fresh story-one that will be  welcomed by mothers, fathers, and sons alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128103944432,"sku":"9781101561096","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101561096_p0.jpg?v=1763688357","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101561096","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}