It's a Boy!: Understanding Your Son's Development from Birth to Age 18

Thompson, Michael Phd/ Barker, Teresa

ISBN 10: 0345493958 / ISBN 13: 9780345493958

Editore: Ballantine Books, 2008

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• Titolo: It's a Boy!: Understanding Your Son's Development from Birth to Age 18
• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0345493958
• ISBN 13: 9780345493958
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Brand New
• Peso: 0,95 chilogrammi

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Riassunto

The authors of Raising Cain present a definitive handbook for parents on raising boys, from birth to age eighteen, furnishing specific, practical information and advice on how to deal with the day-to-day challenges of each stage of development and offering helpful sidebars, tips, and case studies that cover boys' emotional, psychological, social, and academic life. 50,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull?autore

Michael Thompson, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, lecturer, consultant, and former seventh-grade teacher. He conducts workshops across the United States and internationally on social cruelty, children’s friendships, and boys’ development. With Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., he co-authored the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, which was adapted into an acclaimed documentary shown on PBS. With Teresa H. Barker he co-authored The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Find Success in School and Life and Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons. With Catherine O’Neill Grace and Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D., he co-authored Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children and Mom, They’re Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems. Dr. Thompson is married and the father of two. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts, and can be reached at www.michaelthompson-phd.com.

Teresa Barker, who collaborated with Michael Thompson on Raising Cain, Speaking of Boys, and The Pressured Child, is a journalist whose other book collaborations include Girls Will Be Girls, The Soul of Money, and In the Moment. Barker is married and the mother of a son and two daughters. She lives in Portland, Oregon.