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Join Anderson’s Bookshop for a Local Author Showcase with Dr. Shelly Vaziri-Flais (Nurturing Boys to be Better Men: Gender Equality Begins at Home), on Sunday, October 15th at 2pm CT. She will be in conversation with Heidi Stevens. After their talk, they will take audience questions, have a signing line and take photos with attendees, if they wish!
This event will be held in our Naperville store location (123 West Jefferson Ave), and pre-registration is required as space is limited.
This event will be held in our Naperville store location (123 West Jefferson Ave), and pre-registration is required as space is limited.
More about Nurturing Boys to be Better Men: Gender Equality Begins at Home
Advance gender equality one family at a time.
Pediatrician and mother of four Dr. Shelly Flais gives parents the tools they need to start the lifelong process of raising their boys into men who are mentally healthy, empathetic, and committed to gender equality. Dr. Flais provides concrete techniques for parents to push back against cultural stereotypes and toxic masculinity as they nurture their sons. Because “kids do as they see,” the work of being role models for gender equality starts in the home. Dr. Flais explains developmentally appropriate opportunities for growth and awareness of gender equality at every age from before birth through early adulthood. This conversation-starter emphasizes the benefits of gender equality for boys and girls and men and women, and discusses it not only in the context of the family, but also the extended family, school, and greater community.
Pediatrician and mother of four Dr. Shelly Flais gives parents the tools they need to start the lifelong process of raising their boys into men who are mentally healthy, empathetic, and committed to gender equality. Dr. Flais provides concrete techniques for parents to push back against cultural stereotypes and toxic masculinity as they nurture their sons. Because “kids do as they see,” the work of being role models for gender equality starts in the home. Dr. Flais explains developmentally appropriate opportunities for growth and awareness of gender equality at every age from before birth through early adulthood. This conversation-starter emphasizes the benefits of gender equality for boys and girls and men and women, and discusses it not only in the context of the family, but also the extended family, school, and greater community.
About the Author
Shelly Vaziri Flais, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified practicing pediatrician, mother of three sons and one daughter, and an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. She is the author of Raising Twins, editor-in-chief of Caring for your School-Age Child, and co-editor of The Big Book of Symptoms. She is an AAP spokesperson and frequent media contributor who lives in the Chicago suburbs.
As Director of External Affairs at the TMW Center, Heidi Stevens (conversation partner) cultivates and manages outward-facing communications and relationships in support of the center’s mission to help parents, caregivers, and communities promote healthy development for all children. Prior to joining the TMW Center, she worked at the Chicago Tribune and she maintains a nationally syndicated column once a week. Stevens lives in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood with her husband and two kids.
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