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Best Friends, Worst EnemiesBy: Michael Thompson PhD, Cathe O'Neill Grace "With uncommon sensitivity and intelligence [this] book offers parents a window into their kids' often tumultuous relationships with classmates." Time Friends broaden our childrens horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but
By: Michael Thompson PhD, Cathe O'Neill-Grace"With uncommon sensitivity and intelligence... [this] book offers parents a window into their kids' often tumultuous relationships with classmates." - Time
Friends broaden our children’s horizons, share their joys and secrets, and accompany them on their journeys into ever wider worlds. But friends can also gossip and betray, tease and exclude. Children can cause untold suffering, not only for their peers but for parents as well. In this wise and insightful book, psychologist Michael Thompson, Ph.D., and children’s book author Catherine O’Neill Grace, illuminate the crucial and often hidden role that friendship plays in the lives of children from birth through adolescence.
Drawing on fascinating new research as well as their own extensive experience in schools, Thompson and Grace demonstrate that children’s friendships begin early–in infancy–and run exceptionally deep in intensity and loyalty. As children grow, their friendships become more complex and layered but also more emotionally fraught, marked by both extraordinary intimacy and bewildering cruelty. As parents, we watch, and often live through vicariously, the tumult that our children experience as they encounter the “cool” crowd, shifting alliances, bullies, and disloyal best friends.
Best Friends, Worst Enemies brings to life the drama of childhood relationships, guiding parents to a deeper understanding of the motives and meanings of social behavior. Here you will find penetrating discussions of the difference between friendship and popularity, how boys and girls deal in unique ways with intimacy and commitment, whether all kids need a best friend, why cliques form and what you can do about them.
Filled with anecdotes that ring amazingly true to life, Best Friends, Worst Enemies probes the magic and the heartbreak that all children experience with their friends. Parents, teachers, counselors–indeed anyone who cares about children–will find this an eye-opening and wonderfully affirming book.
"Relevant and compelling... Parents will be wiser for reading." - The Boston Globe
"The stories in this book come from many perspectives - those of therapists, educators, and parents. The wise, kind authors give us a fresh and cogent analysis of this critically important issue." - Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Reviving Ophelia
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Color: Tan
Great umbrella, easy to put up, nice fabric and the color I needed.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 27, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Perfect for my pool deck
Color: Red
Delivered in the time frame promised. Sturdy and well made. I am very pleased with the color and overall quality.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2026
★★★★★ 5
A great umbrella $$$
Color: Lime, Color: Lime
I have navy blue with accents of this lime green for a pop of color , this is replacing my umbrella that just broke because I left it up in the wind. This is 10 foot, it tilts easily, the material feels strong and it went together easily. I love it. Definitely would recommend for the price, if it lasted a couple of years I’ve got my moneys worth, I have bought more expensive ones and the canvas still gets destroyed by the sun.. I’ll just buy a new one. Highly recommend!
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Umbrella works great
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Perfect Umbrella
Color: Royal Blue
I've purchased 7 of these umbrellas to shade my potted plants around my yard and Decks
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