{"product_id":"for-your-own-good-hidden-cruelty-in-child-rearing-and-the-roots-of-violence-9780374522698","title":"For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child-Rearing and the Roots of Violence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Your Own Good\u003c\/i\u003e, the contemporary classic exploring the serious if not gravely dangerous consequences parental cruelty can bring to bear on children everywhere, is one of the central works by Alice Miller, the celebrated Swiss psychoanalyst. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her typically lucid, strong, and poetic language, Miller investigates the personal stories and case histories of various self-destructive and\/or violent individuals to expand on her theories about the long-term affects of abusive child-rearing. Her conclusions--on what sort of parenting can create a drug addict, or a murderer, or a Hitler--offer much insight, and make a good deal of sense, while also straying far from psychoanalytic dogma about human nature, which Miller vehemently rejects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis important study paints a shocking picture of the violent world--indeed, of the ever-more-violent world--that each generation helps to create when traditional upbringing, with its hidden cruelty, is perpetuated. The book also presents readers with useful solutions in this regard--namely, to resensitize the victimized child who has been trapped within the adult, and to unlock the emotional life that has been frozen in repression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374522698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Alice Miller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636643721372,"sku":"9780374522698","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_3f8d8ce5-0431-4e91-aec6-3e0c84833906.jpg?v=1603842527","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/for-your-own-good-hidden-cruelty-in-child-rearing-and-the-roots-of-violence-9780374522698","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}