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Kickflip boys : a memoir of freedom, rebellion, and the chaos of fatherhood

Kickflip boys : a memoir of freedom, rebellion, and the chaos of fatherhood

Book 2018

"With a dispassionate but tender eye, Thompson captures the ache, fizz, yearning and frustration of being the father of adolescent boys--and of adolescence itself, observed and remembered." --Michael Chabon. What makes a good father, and what makes one a failure? Does less-is-more parenting inspire independence and strength, or does it encourage defiance and trouble? Kickflip Boys is the story of a father's struggle to understand his willful skat...