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Nonviolent Resistance: A New Approach to Violent and Self-Destructive Children
reviewed by Martha M. Boshart - 2004 Title: Nonviolent Resistance: A New Approach to Violent and Self-Destructive Children
Author(s): Haim Omer Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge ISBN: 0521536235, Pages: 217, Year: 2004 Search for book at Amazon.com Violence has peppered the pages of history since the beginning
of time, but the current proliferation of violent behavior
worldwide is unprecedented. Of particular concern is the violent
behavior of children, which leaves families torn, schools in chaos,
and fear in the hearts of the very people who need to resist the
violence. Unfortunately, many parents have been led to believe that
violence is a child’s inevitable response to trauma and
deprivation and that parental resistance to it could be
psychologically damaging. Many choose to compensate them instead,
which ultimately leads to an escalation of the violence.
It is easy to become so overwhelmed with the magnitude and
intractability of the problem of violence that one might overlook
or underrate the advent of a possible breakthrough solution. Haim
Omer, in his book, Nonviolent Resistance; A New Approach to
Violent and Self-Destructive Children, offers such a
breakthrough.
Omer is Professor of Psychology at Tel Aviv University where he
has been conducting this project for several years. He... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Martha Boshart
Retired School Psychologist E-mail Author MARTHA M. BOSHART is a rertired school psychologist.
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