Growing Balls: Personal Power for Young Men [Paperback]

David N Hafter (Author)

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

David N. Hafter is a licensed marriage and family therapist with over twenty years of experience working with teenagers, young adults and their families. He lives in Davis, California with his son, Noah and his wife, Pamela Delaney, also an LMFT. Mr. Hafter runs a Wraparound program in San Joaquin County which focuses on identifying unmet needs in families and helping them to develop and realize strategies for getting those needs met.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris (October 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1425715435
• ISBN-13: 978-1425715434
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,417,143 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars Horribe, horrible book, July 7, 2011

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Ivan Negrete "Thnkblue" (Corona,ca USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Growing Balls: Personal Power for Young Men (Paperback)

This is one of the worse books I've read on maturing. After reading 5 chapters, I stopped because there was nothing useful in this book.

5.0 out of 5 stars clear, direct, real, and wise, February 7, 2011

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Rick Belden (austin, tx usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Growing Balls: Personal Power for Young Men (Paperback)

I can't think of a higher recommendation than this: I sure wish I'd had this book, or one like it, when I was a young man. Even at the "advanced" age of 53, I feel like I've gained something from reading it. It's also reminded me of how fortunate I am that some of the poor decisions I made and risks I took while stumbling through life as a teen and a young man didn't have far more severe consequences for me, and potentially for others, than they did.

Author David Hafter's commitment to the welfare of boys and young men, and to helping them make smart choices during their formative years that will not come back to haunt them later in life, is evident on every page. He is clear, direct, real, and wise, a compassionate pragmatist and a knowing, straight-talking, much-needed voice of experience that so many boys and young men lack in their lives.

Ideally, every boy and young man would have a mentor like Hafter, but we're not there yet. For now, we're fortunate to have a book like this one to offer as a resource to the many boys and men who desperately need a source of caring, practical masculine wisdom and guidance that talks like men talk, neither puts them down nor idealizes them, and pulls no punches when it comes to exploring the realities of choices and consequences they will face in life. I hope this book finds the large audience it so richly deserves.

Rick Belden
Author, Iron Man Family Outing : Poems About Transition Into A More Conscious Manhood

5.0 out of 5 stars Growing Balls!, February 17, 2008

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J. Andrade (Atlanta) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Growing Balls: Personal Power for Young Men (Paperback)

This book is a must read for all young men. It teaches young men what it really means to be a man.