Banished Knowledge: Facing Childhood Injuries

Alice Miller
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In direct opposition to the Freudian drive theory, the author of the best-selling The Drama Of The Gifted Child believes that children, at birth, are inherently good, and she traces all forms of criminal deeds to past mistreatments.
Genres: PsychologyNonfictionMental HealthSelf HelpAbusePhilosophyPersonal DevelopmentResearchParenting
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