Dr. Rob Evans and Dr. Michael Thompson Present: Building Resourcefulness and Resilience in Our Sons

Posted September 10, 2025

San Antonio Academy families came together on Tuesday, Sept. 9, for an evening of insight and inspiration in Ellison Hall. As part of the school's Parent Education Presentation series, Dr. Rob Evans and Dr. Michael Thompson delivered “Building Resourcefulness and Resilience in Our Sons: The School and Parent Partnership,” a talk that blended expert research with practical guidance for parents.

Sponsored by The Womack Family Counseling Fund and SAA Parents Club, the evening program included a dynamic 60-minute talk followed by an interactive Q&A session, giving parents the opportunity to gather tools and insights to support their sons both at home and in school. The event is part of SAA’s ongoing speaker series, which brings expert voices to campus to engage families on issues of parenting and education.

Evans and Thompson extended their visit into the next day, leading a professional development workshop for Academy faculty on effective family partnerships and feedback. They also met with administrators over lunch to discuss national educational trends and the challenges of raising and educating boys, before concluding with a talk to 5th- through 8th-grade students in Ellison Hall.

With decades of combined experience, Evans and Thompson have consulted with thousands of schools worldwide on leadership, child development, parent-school partnerships and the emotional well-being of children. Evans, a former teacher and longtime executive director of The Human Relations Service in Massachusetts, is the author of four books, including Hopes and Fears: Working with Today’s Independent School Parents, co-written with Thompson. Thompson, supervising psychologist at Belmont Hill School, is a New York Times best-selling author of Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys and a frequent guest on national media outlets, including 60 Minutes, The Today Show and NPR. For more information on their work, visit http://www.robevans.org/ or http://michaelthompson-phd.com/