For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence
Nov 2002 · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Exploring the Dangerous Consequences of Parental Cruelty
In For Your Own Good, celebrated Swiss psychoanalyst Alice Miller delves into the serious and potentially grave consequences that parental cruelty can bring upon children everywhere. This contemporary classic is a central work in Miller's oeuvre.
With her lucid, strong, and poetic language, Miller investigates personal stories and case histories of self-destructive and violent individuals to expand on her theories about the long-term effects of abusive child-rearing. Her conclusions offer insight into how certain parenting styles can create a drug addict, a murderer, or even a Hitler, while straying from traditional psychoanalytic dogma about human nature, which Miller vehemently rejects.
This important study paints a shocking picture of the increasingly violent world that each generation perpetuates through traditional upbringing and its hidden cruelty. Miller presents readers with useful solutions to resensitize the victimized child trapped within the adult and to unlock the emotional life frozen in repression.
For Your Own Good is a must-read for anyone interested in child development, parenting, and self-help. Miller's groundbreaking work continues to resonate with readers and provide valuable insights into the complex dynamics of childhood trauma and its lifelong impact.
In For Your Own Good, celebrated Swiss psychoanalyst Alice Miller delves into the serious and potentially grave consequences that parental cruelty can bring upon children everywhere. This contemporary classic is a central work in Miller's oeuvre.
With her lucid, strong, and poetic language, Miller investigates personal stories and case histories of self-destructive and violent individuals to expand on her theories about the long-term effects of abusive child-rearing. Her conclusions offer insight into how certain parenting styles can create a drug addict, a murderer, or even a Hitler, while straying from traditional psychoanalytic dogma about human nature, which Miller vehemently rejects.
This important study paints a shocking picture of the increasingly violent world that each generation perpetuates through traditional upbringing and its hidden cruelty. Miller presents readers with useful solutions to resensitize the victimized child trapped within the adult and to unlock the emotional life frozen in repression.
For Your Own Good is a must-read for anyone interested in child development, parenting, and self-help. Miller's groundbreaking work continues to resonate with readers and provide valuable insights into the complex dynamics of childhood trauma and its lifelong impact.
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About the author
Other books by Alice Miller, the internationally renowned psychoanalyst, include The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self, The Body Never Lies: The Lingering Effects of Cruel Parenting, The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self, Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries, Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: The Liberating Experience of Facing Painful Truth, and The Untouched Key: Tracing Childhood Trauma in Creativity and Destructiveness. Miller lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
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