Tom Boyce

Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco

Tom Boyce is professor emeritus in paediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco and the author of The Orchid and the Dandelion: Why Some Children Struggle and How All Can Thrive (2019).

Written by Tom Boyce

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How to nurture an orchid child

Some kids, like orchids, are highly sensitive to their environment. Provide oodles of love and routine, then watch them bloom

by Tom Boyce