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.€
€"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.