Love that boy: what two presidents, eight road trips, and my son taught me about a parent's expectations
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"[A]n eloquent, brave, big-hearted book'about the timeless anxieties and emotions of parenthood, and the modern twists thereon.'
'James Fallows, The Atlantic
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.
'James Fallows, The Atlantic
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.
Subjects
Subjects
Asperger's syndrome in children
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Biography
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Family relationships
Biography & Autobiography
Families
Family & Relationships
Family relationships
Fathers and sons
Fathers and sons -- Biography
Fournier, Ron
Fournier, Ron, -- 1963-
Fournier, Tyler
Fournier, Tyler -- Mental health
Mental health
Nonfiction
Parents of autistic children
Patients
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Biography
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Family relationships
Biography & Autobiography
Families
Family & Relationships
Family relationships
Fathers and sons
Fathers and sons -- Biography
Fournier, Ron
Fournier, Ron, -- 1963-
Fournier, Tyler
Fournier, Tyler -- Mental health
Mental health
Nonfiction
Parents of autistic children
Patients
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9780804140485
9781681680651
9780804140492
9781681680651
9780804140492
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| display_description | "Ron Fournier, bestselling author, editor of the National Journal, and former head of the Associated Press's Washington Bureau, writes movingly of the outsized and crushing expectations that come from parents and with parenting today, through the lens of his relationship with his son, Tyler, who has mild Asperger's"-- | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| subject_facet | Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Biography Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Family relationships Families Fathers and sons -- Biography Fournier, Ron, -- 1963- Fournier, Tyler -- Mental health Parents of autistic children | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| title_full | Love That Boy What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations Love that boy : what two presidents, eight road trips, and my son taught me about a parent's expectations / Ron Fournier Love that boy : what two presidents, eight road trips, and my son taught me about a parent's expectations [electronic resource] / Ron Fournier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_short | Love that boy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| topic_facet | Asperger's syndrome in children Biography & Autobiography Families Family & Relationships Family relationships Fathers and sons Fournier, Ron Fournier, Tyler Mental health Nonfiction Parents of autistic children Patients | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
