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Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence by Robin Karr-Morse, Meredith S. Wiley
4.0
This is one of the most informative books I've read this year. It looks at cases of extremely violent children (ones who kill other people's infants, are arrested for violent crimes while under the age of 10, that sort of thing) and looks at the possible causes, focusing on about 4 months into gestation and 3 years of age.
This isn't so much a book about parenting, though, as it is about raising awareness that our country does not have an effective system in helping parents and children in less than ideal environments. While it analyzes individual reasons violence can occur (parental absence, drug abuse, trauma) it is very clear that there are many complexities as to why a child is violent. Since it is complex, helping these children is difficult. But from a preventative side, it is the best book I have read on this subject. I feel that anyone working with children on any level should read this book. Not only does it talk about how different circumstances create violent children, but children with various emotional and learning disabilities.
I do think that one could question whether some studies used are used correctly or in an unbiased manner; yet when one is discussing the prevention of harm towards children/preventing children from harming others, I don't really care.
This isn't so much a book about parenting, though, as it is about raising awareness that our country does not have an effective system in helping parents and children in less than ideal environments. While it analyzes individual reasons violence can occur (parental absence, drug abuse, trauma) it is very clear that there are many complexities as to why a child is violent. Since it is complex, helping these children is difficult. But from a preventative side, it is the best book I have read on this subject. I feel that anyone working with children on any level should read this book. Not only does it talk about how different circumstances create violent children, but children with various emotional and learning disabilities.
I do think that one could question whether some studies used are used correctly or in an unbiased manner; yet when one is discussing the prevention of harm towards children/preventing children from harming others, I don't really care.