ROBIN KARR-MORSE is a family therapist in private practice. She is the former Director of Parent Training for the Oregon Child Welfare System, previously the founding Director of the Oregon Children's Trust Fund and is currently the founding Director of the Parenting Institute. She is a consultant to several policy groups working to reimagine and shift social policy from its sole focus on remediation toward prevention of trauma in children's development. She lives in Portland, Oregon.
MEREDITH S. WILEY is the former State Director of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York. She lives in Mariposa, California. Karr-Morse and Wiley are coauthors of Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease.
Ghosts from the Nursery is ominous and persuasive. . . .
[Karr-Morse and Wiley] join a growing chorus of childhood
development experts in insisting that, to be effective, programs
seeking to insure the welfare of children must intervene even
before birth. . . .The unspoken message of Ghosts from the Nursery
is more sobering still. It seems we have strayed so far from common
sense and sensitivity in child rearing that we must rely on brain
scans and F.B.I. statistics to remind us of what babies have always
needed to thrive: attention, nourishment, stability and love. --The
New York Times Book Review A deeply disturbing wake-up call.
--Publishers Weekly Karr-Morse and Wiley boldly raise some tough
issues. . . . [They] start with a grim question--why are children
violent?--and they forge a passionate and cogent argument for
focusing our collective energies on infancy and parenthood to stop
the cycle of ruined lives. --The Seattle Times An expert,
disturbing and vitally important book . . . . If the problem of
violence in America concerns you, read this book. You will be given
no quick fixes. You are given truth. And it's truth all of us need
to know. --Statesman Journal An alarming book with national scope.
. . . [Its] methodical approach tying childhood development to
recent research about the brain pushes us one step further down the
road to dealing two intersecting and important issues: how to
protect society from its growing pocket of violent citizens and how
to protect children from the abuse and neglect that lead to
membership in that terrible club. --The Portland Oregonian This
book will make you realize as never before the importance of the
0-3-year period in every child's life. Ghosts from the Nursery
shows the heavy price society pays for child abuse and neglect.
This book skillfully takes a very real and frightening issue and
encourages us to work harder to end it. --Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
United States Senate Right! Right! Right! This easy-to-read book is
right on track for helping guide policy makers and parents about
America's most precious resource . . . her children. I highly
recommend it. --Dr. Ken Magid, author of High Risk: Children
Without a Conscience The first three years of life are crucial not
only to children but also to the whole society in which they live
and grow and eventually reproduce. It is in the context of the
self-interest even of those who care least for small children that
this book appeals for child-friendly practices and policies--and
should be widely heard. --Penelope Leach, Ph.D., author of Children
First Essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of
violence and in finding ways of reducing violence in our society.
--Geraldine Dawson, Professor of Psychology, University of
Washington, and editor of Human Behavior and the Developing Brain
Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith Wiley are to be applauded for so
successfully tracing the roots of violence to the complex early
relations between brain and behavioral development. The story they
tell is one that should be heard, and the warning bells they sound
should be our wake-up call to do better by our children. --Charles
A. Nelson, Professor of Child Psychology, Pediatrics, and
Neuroscience, University of Minnesota In this remarkable and timely
book, Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith Wiley interweave the compelling
narrative of a child who has committed a violent crime with a
comprehensive description of current relevant studies on attachment
disturbances and brain development (many of which are being
presented to the informed public for the first time) in order to
convincingly argue that the roots of violence are cultivated in
infancy. . . . The essential question is how we as a society can
transform this pragmatic knowledge into very early prevention
programs. --Allan N. Schore, Department of Psychiatry and
Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California at Los Angeles
School of Medicine Ghosts from the Nursery is an impressive book.
As I read it I found myself wishing that I had had all the
information and wisdom in this book back when I started working
with children. The authors have done a wonderful job of digesting
and presenting various complex areas and issues in a clear,
entertaining fashion. It is a rare combination of skill, insight
and intelligence that produced this book. --Bruce D. Perry, MD,
Ph.D. [Karr-Morse and Wiley] clearly and powerfully elucidate why
children are capable of the most heinous crimes possible and why
violence has reached epidemic proportions. The future is bleak for
all of us if we do not heed the warnings of children in need of
nurturing, guidance and concerned parenting. This is a clear,
well-researched book that deserves wide reading. --Matilda Raffa
Cuomo Violence is one of the most compelling problems of our time,
not only in our nation, but around the world. Ghosts from the
Nursery is a major contribution to a new understanding of this
issue. The premises set forth are backed with hard data from many
relevant sources and it is written in an elegant and interesting
literary style. I highly recommend it. --Dr. Stella Chess, MD
Ghosts from the Nursery is a must read book for those who seek to
repair shattered lives--and those who seek to prevent the
shattering. An important book for people who try to make the world
a more civilized place. --Craig Ramey, Director, Civitan
International Research Center
Ghosts from the Nursery is ominous and persuasive. . . . [Karr-Morse and Wiley] join a growing chorus of childhood development experts in insisting that, to be effective, programs seeking to insure the welfare of children must intervene even before birth. . . .The unspoken message of Ghosts from the Nursery is more sobering still. It seems we have strayed so far from common sense and sensitivity in child rearing that we must rely on brain scans and F.B.I. statistics to remind us of what babies have always needed to thrive: attention, nourishment, stability and love. --The New York Times Book Review
A deeply disturbing wake-up call. --Publishers Weekly
Karr-Morse and Wiley boldly raise some tough issues. . . . [They]
start with a grim question--why are children violent?--and they
forge a passionate and cogent argument for focusing our collective
energies on infancy and parenthood to stop the cycle of ruined
lives. --The Seattle Times An expert, disturbing and vitally
important book . . . . If the problem of violence in America
concerns you, read this book. You will be given no quick fixes. You
are given truth. And it's truth all of us need to know.
--Statesman Journal An alarming book with national scope. .
. . [Its] methodical approach tying childhood development to recent
research about the brain pushes us one step further down the road
to dealing two intersecting and important issues: how to protect
society from its growing pocket of violent citizens and how to
protect children from the abuse and neglect that lead to membership
in that terrible club. --The Portland Oregonian This book
will make you realize as never before the importance of the
0-3-year period in every child's life. Ghosts from the
Nursery shows the heavy price society pays for child abuse and
neglect. This book skillfully takes a very real and frightening
issue and encourages us to work harder to end it. --Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, United States Senate Right! Right! Right! This
easy-to-read book is right on track for helping guide policy makers
and parents about America's most precious resource . . . her
children. I highly recommend it. --Dr. Ken Magid, author of High
Risk: Children Without a Conscience The first three years of
life are crucial not only to children but also to the whole society
in which they live and grow and eventually reproduce. It is in the
context of the self-interest even of those who care least for small
children that this book appeals for child-friendly practices and
policies--and should be widely heard. --Penelope Leach, Ph.D.,
author of Children First Essential reading for anyone
interested in the roots of violence and in finding ways of reducing
violence in our society. --Geraldine Dawson, Professor of
Psychology, University of Washington, and editor of Human
Behavior and the Developing Brain Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith
Wiley are to be applauded for so successfully tracing the roots of
violence to the complex early relations between brain and
behavioral development. The story they tell is one that should be
heard, and the warning bells they sound should be our wake-up call
to do better by our children. --Charles A. Nelson, Professor of
Child Psychology, Pediatrics, and Neuroscience, University of
Minnesota In this remarkable and timely book, Robin Karr-Morse and
Meredith Wiley interweave the compelling narrative of a child who
has committed a violent crime with a comprehensive description of
current relevant studies on attachment disturbances and brain
development (many of which are being presented to the informed
public for the first time) in order to convincingly argue that the
roots of violence are cultivated in infancy. . . . The essential
question is how we as a society can transform this pragmatic
knowledge into very early prevention programs. --Allan N. Schore,
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of
California at Los Angeles School of Medicine Ghosts from the
Nursery is an impressive book. As I read it I found myself wishing
that I had had all the information and wisdom in this book back
when I started working with children. The authors have done a
wonderful job of digesting and presenting various complex areas and
issues in a clear, entertaining fashion. It is a rare combination
of skill, insight and intelligence that produced this book. --Bruce
D. Perry, MD, Ph.D. [Karr-Morse and Wiley] clearly and powerfully
elucidate why children are capable of the most heinous crimes
possible and why violence has reached epidemic proportions. The
future is bleak for all of us if we do not heed the warnings of
children in need of nurturing, guidance and concerned parenting.
This is a clear, well-researched book that deserves wide reading.
--Matilda Raffa Cuomo Violence is one of the most compelling
problems of our time, not only in our nation, but around the world.
Ghosts from the Nursery is a major contribution to a new
understanding of this issue. The premises set forth are backed with
hard data from many relevant sources and it is written in an
elegant and interesting literary style. I highly recommend it.
--Dr. Stella Chess, MD Ghosts from the Nursery is a must read book
for those who seek to repair shattered lives--and those who seek to
prevent the shattering. An important book for people who try to
make the world a more civilized place. --Craig Ramey, Director,
Civitan International Research Center
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