Event Name: Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys
WHAT?: Yes our community is so fortunate that Michael Thompson is coming to our community speak with us. All Welcome. Parents and Guardians of ALL genders join us.
WHERE IS THE EVENT?: Union Elementary School Auditorium
WHEN?: Monday, April 1st. Book Signing 5:30-5:45. Presentation 6:00-7:00. Q&A 7:00-7:30 Book Signing 7:30-8:00.
DESCRIPTION and WHO is Michael Thompson?:
Famous child expert, school consultant and author Michael Thompson will be coming to speak, listen, answer questions and sign books this coming Monday. Educators and parents in the United States are engaged in an important debate about the way we raise and educate boys. Dr. Thompson highlights some of the risk factors that afflict the lives of boys. They are subjected to a powerful "culture of cruelty" which may require boys to adhere to a narrow ideology of masculinity: avoidance of feeling, avoidance of anything feminine, fear of personal weakness. The result may be a boy who is or appears closed and often angry. In this talk, Dr. Thompson gives suggestions to teachers, fathers and mothers about how to support a boy in the early years of school and how to help a boy remain emotionally open in adolescence.
WHO? is Dr. Michael Thompson?:
http://michaelthompson-phd.com
Dr. Thompson is a clinical psychologist, school consultant and international speaker about children, schools and parenting. He has authored nine books focusing on the emotional lives of boys, friendships and social cruelty in childhood, the impact of summer camp experiences on child development, the tensions that arise in the parent-teacher relationships, and psychological aspects of school leadership. Dr. Thompson's work with independent schools and public school districts throughout the United States, and with international schools in Europe, Africa, Asia and South America takes him to about fifty schools a year to lead workshops for teachers, administrators, parents and students.
A dedicated speaker and traveler, Michael Thompson has appeared on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC 20/20, CBS 60 Minutes, The Early Show and Good Morning America. He has been quoted in the New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Time and U.S. News and World Report and has been a guest on NPR's "Morning Edition" with Susan Stamberg, "Talk of the Nation" with Ray Suarez and the Diane Rhem Show. He wrote, narrated and hosted a two-hour PBS documentary entitled "Raising Cain" that was broadcast nationally in 2006.
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