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Author Fournier, Ron, 1963- author.

Title Love that boy : what two presidents, eight road trips, and my son taught me about a parent's expectations / Ron Fournier.

Publication Info. New York : Harmony, [2016]

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY FOURNIER    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  BIO FOURNIER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Biographies  B FOURNIER    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  618.9285 FOU    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  618.9285 F82    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B FOURNIER, R.    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  B FOURNIER    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG FOURNIER, RON    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  B FOURNIER    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG FOURNIER, RON    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description x, 228 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-219) and index.
Summary Offers a memoir that explores the parental expectations associated with modern parenting from the father of a mildly autistic boy, who learned to accept his son's condition as the two travelled to national monuments and met with former presidents.
"Tyler and I inch toward the Green Room, in line with blow-dried TV anchors and stuffy columnists. He's practicing his handshake and hello: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President. It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. President." When the couple in front of us steps forward for their picture, my teenager with sky-blue eyes and a soft heart looks up at me and says, "I hope I don't let you down, Dad." What kind of father raises a son to worry about embarrassing his dad? I want to tell Tyler not to worry, that he'd never let me down. That there's nothing wrong with being different. That I actually am proud of what makes him special. But we are next in line to meet the president of the United States in a room filled with fellow strivers, and all I can think about is the real possibility that Tyler might embarrass himself. Or, God forbid, me. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
"Ron Fournier, bestselling author, editor of the National Journal, and former head of the Associated Press's Washington Bureau, writes movingly of the outsized and crushing expectations that come from parents and with parenting today, through the lens of his relationship with his son, Tyler, who has mild Asperger's."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Introduction -- Part One What We Want -- 1 Normal -- 2 Genius -- 3 Popular -- 4 Superstar -- 5 Successful -- 6 Happy -- Part Two What We Need -- 7 Grit (Bill Clinton) -- 8 Empathy (George W. Bush) -- 9 Acceptance -- History Lessons -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index
Subject Fournier, Ron, 1963-
Fournier, Tyler -- Mental health.
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Biography.
Asperger's syndrome in children -- Patients -- Family relationships.
Fathers and sons -- Biography.
Parents of autistic children.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Parenting -- General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Children with Special Needs.
ISBN 9780804140485 (hardback)
0804140480 (hardback)
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