Love that boy : what two presidents, eight road trips, and my son taught me about a parent's expectations
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- ISBN: 0804140480
- ISBN: 9780804140485
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x, 228 pages - Edition First edition.
- Publisher New York : Harmony Books, [2016]
- Copyright ©2016
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 35.00 |
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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
Love That Boy is a multi-layered story about one father's journey to acceptance. Ron Fournier's son has Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism that makes Tyler socially awkward. With a stiff nudge from his wife, Ron traveled the country with Tyler to various presidential sites and visited with former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, in a series of "guilt" trips that help him appreciate Tyler for who he is, rather than what he wanted him to be. On a broader level, it's a story about every parent's stratospheric expectations for their children--where and why the dreams are made, how these aspirations distort childhood, and what ways they can be properly channeled. When a parent's expectations come from the wrong place and are pressed into service of the wrong goals, kids get hurt. While a parent's love is unconditional, a parent's pride comes with caveats. Ron discovered both late in his job as a father, which he shares in this compelling and honest look at the universal pitfalls of modern parenting.