The pressured child freeing our kids from performance overdrive and helping them find success in school and life / Michael Thompson, with Teresa H. Barker

Main Author:	Thompson, Michael, 1947-
Other Authors:	Barker, Teresa.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Ballantine Books, 2005.
Edition:	Trade paperback ed.
Subjects:	Education > Parent participation. Academic achievement. > United States. Parent teacher books.

Physical Description:	xv, 257 p. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-257).
ISBN:	0345450132 (trade pbk) 9780345450135 (trade pbk)
Author Notes:	Michael Thompson, Ph.D. , is a clinical psychologist, lecturer, consultant, and former seventh-grade teacher. He conducts workshops across the United States on social cruelty, children's friendships, and boys' development. 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 . With Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., he co-authored the New York Times bestseller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys . He is also the author of Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Raising Sons . He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts. Teresa Barker , who collaborated with Thompson on Raising Cain and Speaking of Boys , is a journalist and mother of three school-age children. She lives in Wilmette, Illinois.