ERIC Number: EJ768946
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 23
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ISSN: ISSN-0017-8055
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On Jorge Becoming a Boy: A Counselor's Perspective
Wright, Travis
Harvard Educational Review, v77 n2 p164-186 Sum 2007
In this portrait, Travis Wright, writing as a psychology counselor in training, brings the reader into one morning's events in his clinical work with Jorge, a three-year-old boy whose family is experiencing difficult times. Throughout the morning at Jorge's day-care center, Wright encounters scenarios that force him to ask questions about child development, gender identity, masculinity, and family dynamics. Wright observes that boys are often thrust into a gendered world dictated by adult norms before they can make sense of their own life events and losses. The portrait is a poignant narrative of Jorge's experiences in and out of his day-care center, as well as a moving self-reflection on Wright's own gender identity. (Contains 1 endnote.)
Descriptors: Males, Sexual Identity, Masculinity, Child Development, Young Children, Counselor Client Relationship, Child Psychology, Family Relationship, Personal Narratives, Counselors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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