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

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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.
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Education > Parent participation.
Academic achievement. > United States.
Parent teacher books.
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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.

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