Rescheduled Parent Forum

 PARENT FORUM    2015

          Presenter: Michael  Thompson

                   Rescheduled   Date

                        “It’s A Boy”

          Understanding Male Development from

               Kindergarten through High School

                          Monday,  March 23    

       Ottoson Middle School    7-8:30 p.m

Parents of boys often find themselves bewildered or frustrated by certain aspects of boy development: their little boy anger, their inattentiveness in elementary school, their lack of motivation in middle school or their reluctance to talk to their parents during the high school years.  In this funny and reassuring talk, Dr. Thompson addresses the greatest worries that parents of boys have from infancy through high school, distinguishing between what is normal boy development and those behaviors that are worrisome.

PRESENTER: The heart of Dr. Thompson’s work is lecturing to parents, teachers and students about the development of boys, the social lives of both boys and girls, the parent-teacher dynamic, school culture, how to raise responsible children, and the psychological journey of children through school. He and his co-author, Dan Kindlon, wrote the New York Times best-selling book, “Raising Cain: protecting the Emotional Life of Boys”. He is the author of “Speaking of Boys”, Answers to the Most- Asked Questions About Raising Sons and co-author of “Best Friends/Worst Enemies”: Understanding the Social worlds of children, “Mom, They’re Teasing Me:” Helping your child solve Social Problems, “The Pressured Child”: Helping your Child Achieve Success in School and in Life and “It’s A Boy”!  a comprehensive guide for the parents of boys. Dr. Thompson’s new book “Homesick and Happy,” is about children’s experiences away from their parents. Michael lives in Arlington.