Why We Blame Our Parents
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Why We Blame Our ParentsWhy We Blame Our ParentsIf you blame your parents for#x your problems, or even if you don’t, be sure to read thisPVC coversfascinating obituary of Alice Miller, a psychoanalyst whose focus on family dysfunction started it all. Her work alerted therapists to the problem of child abuse, but it also offered adults the opportunity to blame their difficulties in life on their upbringing.Dr. Miller caused a sensation with the English publication in 1981 of her first book, “The Drama of the Gifted Child.” Originally titled “Prisoners of Childhood,” it set forth, in three essays, a simple but harrowing proposition. All children,Compact fluorescent lamp, she wrote, suffer trauma and permanent psychic scarring at the hands of parents, who enforce codes of conduct through psychological pressure or corporal punishment: slaps, spankings or, in extreme cases, sustained physical abuse and even torture.Unable to admit the rage they feel toward their tormenters, Dr. Miller contended, these damaged children limp along through life, weighed down by depression and insecurity, and pass the abuse along to the nextPVC coversgeneration, in an unending cycle….The book also stirred the general public, selling more than a million copies. Its central argument was easy to grasp and, for many readers, offered a tempting explanation for their sorrows and failures.Dr. Miller is often credited with turning the attention of therapists to child abuse, both physical and sexual, but also with encouraging millions of adults to regard themselves as victims.To learn more about Dr. Miller and her work, read the full obituary, “Alice Miller, Psychoanalyst, Dies at 87; Laid Human Problems to Parental Acts,” and#x thenPVC coversjoin the discussion below.相关的主题文章：
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