Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations
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Love That Boy: What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations
"[A]n eloquent, brave, big-hearted book€¦about the timeless anxieties and emotions of parenthood, and the modern twists thereon.€Â
€"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.
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