Limit search to available items
Record 39 of 622
Previous Record Next Record
Book Cover
Book
Author Thompson, Michael, 1947-

Title Best friends, worst enemies : understanding the social lives of children / Michael Thompson and Catherine O'Neill Grace with Lawrence J. Cohen
Edition First edition
Published New York : Ballantine Books, [2001]
©2001

Copies

Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  305.231 Tho/Bfw  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 299 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. An invitation to a birthday party -- 2. Family matters : secure attachment in the first friendship -- 3. Children and friendship : a developmental tour -- 4. When kids have best friends -- 5. In the jungle : the power of the group in children's lives -- 6. Worst enemies : social cruelty in the lives of children -- 7. Still standing : how kids manage conflict, betrayal, and reconciliation -- 8. The rules of the gender game : biology and friendship -- 9. From cooties to dating -- 10. Crossing the lines of difference -- 11. What schools can do -- 12. What parents can do
Summary From the bestselling coauthor of "Raising Cain" comes a pathbreaking new bookabout the intricacies of children's friendships
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index
Subject Children -- Social conditions.
Child psychology.
Psychology, Child.
Psychology, Adolescent.
Child Development.
Interpersonal Relations.
Child.
Socialization.
Author Grace, Catherine O'Neill, 1950-
Cohen, Lawrence J. (Child psychologist)
LC no. 2001037917
ISBN 0345438094
9780345438096
9780345442895
034544289X