He’ll be
Ok: growing gorgeous boys into good men
The
untimely death of Celia Lashlie in February robbed us of a powerful voice of
reason and compassion – a voice that is arguably needed now even more than when
her iconic book He’ll Be OK was first published in 2005.
Celia
recognised that another generation of parents had emerged since she wrote the
book, and that the world had not stopped changing in the meantime. So in 2014 a
tenth anniversary edition was planned. While Celia was tragically not able to
see its completion, the new book reflects her ongoing commitment to raising
boys to be good men.
The tenth
anniversary edition of He’ll Be OK is also a fitting tribute
to Celia’s work and to its timeless relevance. How do you raise boys to become
good men in a world where trouble beckons at every turn? How do you make sure
they learn the ‘right’ lessons, stay out of danger, to find a path to follow?
How do you ensure they’ll be OK?
After 15
years working in prisons, Celia knew what happened when boys made wrong
choices. She had worked on a number of projects linked to improving the
lives of at-risk children and empowering families to find their own solutions
to challenges they were facing. She knew what it was like to be a parent
– she raised a son and daughter on her own.
Celia’s
insights into what boys need and what parents could do to help them were
ground-breaking. He’ll be OK proved this, and became a bestseller
upon publication in 2005. It remains one of the most popular books on the
parenting in Australasia.
The new
edition of Celia’s honest, no-nonsense book includes a foreword by Michael
Thompson PhD, an American clinical psychologist and co-author of the
best-selling Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys. ‘Celia
understands you cannot hope to change the life of boys with mistrust,
over-supervision and punishment,’ he says in his foreword. ‘They worked with
Celia because they knew she had a deep respect for their lives.’
Also
included is an introduction by Celia’s own gorgeous boy, Gene Hyde, and a
selection of summarised letters from parents for which Celia’s answers
represent many of the concerns she dealt with during her years as a speaker and
author.
Celia
Lashlie is also the author of The Journey to Prison: Who Goes and
Why and The Power of Mothers: Releasing Our Children.
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