{"product_id":"best-friends-worst-enemies-understanding-the-social-lives-of-children-9780345442895","title":"Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"With uncommon sensitivity and intelligence... [this] book offers parents a window into their kids' often tumultuous relationships with classmates.\" - \u003ci\u003eTime\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriends broaden our children's horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful book, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., and children's book author Catherine O'Neill Grace, illuminate the crucial and often hidden role that friendship plays in the lives of children from birth through adolescence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on fascinating new research as well as their own extensive experience in schools, Thompson and Grace demonstrate that children's friendships begin early-in infancy-and run exceptionally deep in intensity and loyalty. As children grow, their friendships become more complex and layered but also more emotionally fraught, marked by both extraordinary intimacy and bewildering cruelty. As parents, we watch, and often live through vicariously, the tumult that our children experience as they encounter the \"cool\" crowd, shifting alliances, bullies, and disloyal best friends. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBest Friends, Worst Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e brings to life the drama of childhood relationships, guiding parents to a deeper understanding of the motives and meanings of social behavior. Here you will find penetrating discussions of the difference between friendship and popularity, how boys and girls deal in unique ways with intimacy and commitment, whether all kids need a best friend, why cliques form and what you can do about them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Filled with anecdotes that ring amazingly true to life, \u003ci\u003eBest Friends, Worst Enemies\u003c\/i\u003e probes the magic and the heartbreak that all children experience with their friends. Parents, teachers, counselors-indeed anyone who cares about children-will find this an eye-opening and wonderfully affirming book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Relevant and compelling... Parents will be wiser for reading.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories in this book come from many perspectives - those of therapists, educators, and parents. The wise, kind authors give us a fresh and cogent analysis of this critically important issue.\" - Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eReviving Ophelia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345442895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.66w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Home \u0026amp; School\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Thompson, Cathe O'Neill-Grace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43096045584565,"sku":"9780345442895","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_775cb5f7-aa21-4ccb-b4fe-42704c070377.jpg?v=1692801298","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/best-friends-worst-enemies-understanding-the-social-lives-of-children-9780345442895","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}