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Summary:

From the bestselling coauthor of "Raising Cain" comes a pathbreaking new bookabout the intricacies of children's friendships.

Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Michael, 1947-

Contributors:

Grace, Catherine O'Neill, 1950-

Cohen, Lawrence J. (Child psychologist)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Best friends, worst enemies: understanding the social lives of children [by Thompson, M.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Best friends, worst enemies [by Thompson, M.] (1st ed.; New York : Ballantine Books, ©2001 — LCCN 2001037917)

Subjects:

Children — Social conditions

Child psychology

Children

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-287) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 299 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HQ767.9 .T495 2001eb

ISBNs:

9780345449450
0345449452
0345438094 [Invalid]
9780345438096 [Invalid]
034544289X [Invalid]
9780345442895 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

50757513

Other Control Numbers:

734768 (source: EbpS)