RaveThe Star TribuneNeal Thompson’s Kickflip Boys: A Memoir of Freedom, Rebellion, and the Chaos of Fatherhood is not a self-help book, but it offers something better: the knowledge that we parents are not alone in our struggles and doubts, and if we take a step back, we can learn to appreciate the positive aspects of raising our boys ... Thompson gives us an open-eyed, vulnerable account of what it’s like to be a parent to two independent, spirited boys who at an early age embrace skateboarding as not just a sport, but a way of life ... Thompson, like most of us, doesn’t pretend to have the answers. He shares his journey, and the journey of his family, with us in a heartfelt, vulnerable way that will resonate with any parent, but especially the parents of teenage boys.
