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| Resource: | Book (Bk2078) Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me about a Parent's Expectat |
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| Author: | Ron Fournier | |
| Publisher: | HARMONY HILL, 2017 | |
| Length: | 240 pages | |
| Heading: | AD5 — Adult Literature | |
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| # Copies: | 1 | |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780804140508 | |
| Description: | Tyler and I inch toward the Green Room, in line with blow-dried TV anchors and stuffy columnists. He's practicing his handshake and hello: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President." When the couple in front of us steps forward for their picture, my teenager with sky-blue eyes and a soft heart looks up at me and says, "I hope I don't let you down, Dad." What kind of father raises a son to worry about embarrassing his dad? I want to tell Tyler not to worry, that he'd never let me down. That there's nothing wrong with being different. That I actually am proud of what makes him special. But we are next in line to meet the president of the United States in a room filled with fellow strivers, and all I can think about is the real possibility that Tyler might embarrass himself. Or, God forbid, me. LOVE THAT BOY is a uniquely personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations. What we want for our children--popularity, normalcy, achievement, genius--and what they truly need--grit, empathy, character--are explored by National Journal's Ron Fournier, who weaves his extraordinary journey to acceptance around the latest research on childhood development and stories of other loving-but-struggling parents. |
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| Age Groups: | High School; Young Adult (18-25); Adult (25-55); Adult (55+) |
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