Richard von Hippel

"Children should be seen and not heard" -how many children, and how much of our society, due to lost human potential, have suffered from this idea?
Too many.

I am giving this very important book a compromise rating: This book and the gentleman who authored it deserve the highest rating, for having the courage and the persistance to write a story that needs to be heard, thus it deserves a 5.
But, because, as someone battling C-PTSD for the past 20 years, I thought I could read it, but I can't, at least not in my native language, I did not finish it, and so I cannot give it more than a 3.
Therefore, due to my own failure, this highly readable (for, perhaps, those not working through CSA issues) and extremely important book gets a 4 from me, and my urgent request that others will read and try to
1. understand the issues in our larger society that lead to these sorts of abuses of children, and
2. work toward changing our attitudes and our culture such that we recognize the vulnerability and value of every child.
Shira
1st December, 12015 HE
… (mais)