Michael Thompson Biography

Michael Thompson and co-author Dan Kindlon wrote the New York Times best-selling book 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 and along with Catherine O'Neill Grace and Larry Cohen Ph.D. is co-author of Mom They're Teasing Me: Helping Your Child Solve Social Problems and Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Worlds of Children about which Publishers Weekly declared. Not since Dr. Spock and Penelope Leach has there been such a sensitive and practical guide to raising healthy children. Along with Teresa Barker Thompson wrote The Pressured Child: Helping Your Child Achieve Success in School and in Life to help parents understand children's complex journey through school from kindergarten through senior year. His third book on the psychology of boys titled It's a Boy!: Understanding Your Son's Development from Birth to Eighteen was published in 2008. It focuses on the importance of undirected free play in the lives of boys. He is currently writing a new book about summer camps and school trips titled Homesick and Happy: How Children Change and Grow When They Are Away from Their Parents.

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