Welcome...
I am pleased to welcome you to my interactive website.
If you are parent looking for advice, I suggest you go to the Q & A Page, where I answer new questions online every week. If you are a school administrator or member of a parent association who wishes to book me as a speaker, you may want to view my topics on the Workshop page or check a particular date on my Calendar. If you want to read my writing, watch a video or hear me deliver a speech, go to the Media page. My work for schools around the world is described on the International page. Biographical information is available on the About page. And, of course, you can always contact me or my assistant through the Contact page. Enjoy!
Featured Letter from Reader
I read Raising Cain last year, and have just read a good part of It's a Boy (the parts that are most relevant to my two sons' (ages 3 and 7) development). I just wanted to say thank you for making me understand, and therefore be able to relax and celebrate, my two little guys more each day.
About Michael
Michael G. Thompson is a psychologist, school consultant, and author or co-author of eight books, including the New York Times bestseller, "Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys," "Speaking of Boys: Answers to the Most-Asked Questions about Raising Sons" and "Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children." His newest book, "It's a Boy!: Understanding Your Son's Development from Birth to Eighteen will be published by Ballantine Books in March of 2008.
A dedicated speaker and traveler, Dr. Thompson has spoken at or consulted to more than 500 schools in the U.S. and abroad. He has appeared on the Today Show, the Oprah Winfrey Show, ABC 20/20 and CBS 60 Minutes. He was the co-author, host and narrator of a two-hour PBS documentary entitled "Raising Cain: Focus on Boys" which aired in January of 2006.
It's a Boy! published in paperback March, 2009
Dr. Thompson's newest book, which has been called "The definitive guide to raising boys in today's world…" is now available in paperback.
It's a Boy!: Your Son's Development From Birth to Age 18 (Order: Ballantine Books, March 2009) has been hailed as "Practical, insightful, wonderfully engaging, and filled with instructive true stories any parent of a son will recognize, It's a Boy! is the definitive guide to raising boys in today's world, revealing with humor, compassion, and joy all the infinite varieties of boys and the deep and profound ways in which we love them."
Your Turn: Q & A
Share your questions in this lively, continuing conversation with Dr. Thompson about parenting and teaching children. Each week, Dr. Thompson will answer two or three questions submitted on the Q & A page. He needs your permission to print your question here, so be sure to submit your question AND the permission on the Q&A page. Visitors may scroll back through all the questions and answer from previous months.
Raising Cain: a Two Hour PBS Documentary
America's boys are in trouble. Boys today are performing and faring worse in the classroom than ten years ago. They struggle between the demand for emotional silence and the need for healthy emotional expression. And as a group they are the most violent in the industrialized world. What's happening to our boys and what can we do to create schools, families and communities where boys can thrive?
High School Students "Deeply Moved" by Raising Cain
Joan Boland, Glen Ridge High School writes: "I thought you
might like to know that I use "Raising Cain" in my high school Sociology
class. After watching the video and reading some of the PBS.org
materials I had the students design a program addressing an issue
or issues raised in the program. They had to create a flier for
their "program", and write a description of it, including what they
expected participants to learn. The results were excellent..."