For Immediate Release
February 5, 2002
Contact: Evelyne Girardet
312.573.4646 egirardet@latinschool.org
PREEMINENT CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST TO SPEAK ABOUT FRIENDSHIP, POPULARITY, AND
SOCIAL CRUELTY IN YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIVES
WHO: Michael Thompson, Ph.D., is a child and family expert, consultant
and best-selling author.
Thompson co-authored of the New York Times best-selling book, Raising Cain:
Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, which looks at the troubled inner
world of boys in contemporary society. He is also the author of Speaking
of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions about Raising Sons and co-author
of Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Worlds of Children.
He is a clinical consultant to The Belmont Hill School, an independent boys
school in Massachusetts, and has advised more than two hundred schools across
the United States.
WHAT: Thompson will speak to educators about "Friendship, Popularity,
and Social Cruelty in the Lives of Children" at the annual Lake Michigan
Association of Independent Schools Conference.
WHEN: Friday, November 8, 2002 at 9 a.m.
WHERE: Moody Church, 1630 N. Clark, Chicago. (This event is organized
through The Latin School of Chicago.)
This event is not open to the public, but the media is welcome. Please contact
Evelyne Girardet, (312) 573-4646, if you would like to attend.