Children and the Dark Side of Human Experience: Confronting Global Realities and Rethinking Child Development
Their haunting images appear on millions of television screens and in newspapers worldwide: Children huddled in refugee camps and exposed to violence in war zones. Children burdened by the emotional and physical scars of violent homes and communities. Children exploited by crass commercialism around the world and around the corner. Too many children are confronting life-threatening risks and experiencing trauma.\ Synthesizing insights from psychology and philosophy with his own wide-ranging,...
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Their haunting images appear on millions of television screens and in newspapers worldwide: Children huddled in refugee camps and exposed to violence in war zones. Children burdened by the emotional and physical scars of violent homes and communities. Children exploited by crass commercialism around the world and around the corner. Too many children are confronting life-threatening risks and experiencing trauma.Synthesizing insights from psychology and philosophy with his own wide-ranging, first-hand experiences around the world, Dr. James Garbarino takes readers on a personalized journey into the dark side of human experience as it is lived by children. In these highly readable pages, Dr. Garbarino intertwines a discussion of children’s material and spiritual needs with a detailed examination of the clinical knowledge and experiential wisdom required to understand and meet complex developmental needs. Fusing anecdotal observations, empirical evidence, and an ecological perspective, he reveals a path to ensuring the fundamental human rights of all children: the right to safety, to equality, to economic parity, and to a meaningful life.Dr. Garbarino’s challenge to his readers: If we are to succeed in making a lasting, positive change in the lives of children, we must be willing to rethink the concepts of development, trauma, and resilience. Children and the Dark Side of Human Experience is must-reading for all mental health professionals, educators, researchers, social workers, child advocates, and policymakers – in fact, for anyone who takes an interest in the well-being and future of the world’s children.
Introduction 11 How Can We Think About Children Confronting the Dark Side of Human Experience? 92 The Right to Feel Safe: Trauma and Recovery 17Case Study: 9/11 and the Problem of Vicarious Trauma 243 The Right to a Healthy Social Environment: Protecting Children from Social Toxicity 29Case Study: The Deadly Social Toxins of Fear and Brutality in American Culture 384 The Right to Protection: Child Abuse is the Root of Much Evil 43Case Study: Untreated Abused Children Inhabiting Adult Bodies on Death Row 475 The Right to Be Free from Hate: Protecting Voices of Compassion in Times of War and Political Violence 55Case Study: Amidst Hate, a Palestinian Child Speaks of Love 656 The Right to Be Economically "Regular": What It Means to Be Desperately Poor 69Case Study: The Morally Destabilizing Effects of Poverty in Brazil 777 The Right to Equality: No Girl Left Behind 83Case Study: Protecting Girls in Sudan 868 Home and Homeland: Displaced Children and youth 93Case Study: Homeless Vietnamese Kids in Hong Kong's Detention Camps for "Boat People" 1019 The Right to Priority in Times of War: Would You Torture One Child to Bring World Peace? 107Case Study: Israeli Children Living with War 11610 The Right to Heal: When Traumatized Kids Need Help to Recover 123Case Study: Children in Kuwait and Iraq: Sacrificing Children to the Needs of Adults 129Epilogue 133References 137Index 153
