Book description
It could be you or someone you love. Strong, silent types are
everywhere, and it is their telltale silence that has kept their
problems hidden until now. A silent son can come from a family that
coped with violence, alcoholism, child abuse, extreme rigidity, or
divorce, but all silent sons have certain common characteristics:
- They keep things that bother them to themselves.
- They deny that unpleasant events occur.
- They fear letting people know them.
- They have difficulty interacting with their parents, spouses,
or children.
- They have a strong fear of criticism.
- They are often angry.
In Silent Sons, Dr. Robert Ackerman, a silent son himself,
examines the problems that commonly confront silent sons, keeping them
from experiencing the full range of human emotions. In a compassionate
and hopeful voice, the author defines the silent son and examines the
impact of parents, particularly fathers, on these men and shows how
their dysfunctional upbringing affects their present relationships,
especially with women.
By putting aside anger, finding peace with one's self, and looking
for support from other silent sons, Dr. Ackerman feels every man can
realize his full potential and become a well balanced, healthy
survivor.
Margo Harakas Sun-Sentinel It's a book of
hope, a hand-holding guide for all those men who survived their
dysfunctional upbringing, but not without wounds and lingering pain.
Dr. Robert J. Ackerman is the author of Perfect
Daughters. A professor of sociology at Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, he lives in Indiana, Pennsylvania, with his wife,
Kimberly, and their three children.
