The Abuse of Children and Adults Who Struggle for Survival and the Challenge to Avoid Blaming the Victim: Volume 4: When Adults Betray, Children Strug (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530405503)

THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WHO STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL AND THE CHALLENGE TO AVOID BLAMING THE VICTIM Unfortunately, many children in the United States are raised under less than ideal conditions. Many children are born to unwed mothers and never even know their fathers. Still others are abandoned by one or both of their parents when they are young. They often live in households subsisting below the poverty level where drug and alcohol abuse is rampant. Some are lucky and are taken to live with grandparents or other caring relatives. Others end up in foster homes that may or may not be much better. Even so, most continue to live in an environment where they are not properly cared for and many are neglected, abused and damaged, physically and emotionally. In this series of books the authors, using vignettes of actual case histories from their own professional experiences, chronicle what happens to children and youth who are abandoned or live in situations where they are unable to flourish and develop into contributing members of society. As the authors point out, many children from such backgrounds grow up to abandon, neglect, and abuse their own offspring. The past does not need to be prologue. The authors make the case that under the guidance of skilled and caring professionals, such as teachers and counselors, the cycle can be broken. In this respect they issue a clarion call to lawmakers, policymakers, and others charged with the welfare of children to examine the conditions that have allowed far too many children to grow up in environments where they are not nourished and cannot thrive, physically or emotionally, and take corrective action. Volume 4: When Adults Betray, Children Struggle for Survival presents an array of various theme vignettes to further illustrate the consequences when adults fail to parent appropriately. Several vignettes from varied perspectives with emphasis on the consequences when adult fail to provide for their children are included. The volume includes an epilogue chapter that provides a rationale and vision calling for the reexamination of attitudes towards children, parents and the socially conscious community that exists as social capital throughout the United States.

Author: Allan G. Osborne Jr, Philip a. Dimattia
ISBN-10: 1530405505
ISBN-13: 9781530405503
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2016
Pages: 94
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.19d