Re:[tips] Raising Hitler to be a nice person

2010-08-30 Thread Allen Esterson
Mike Palij writes: Again, to be clear, the CBS miniseries controversy seems to match some of the characterizations that Joan mentioned in her post but it possible that there is some other project that actually was cancelled. Joan Warmbold wrote: ….do any of you recall that a production of

[tips] Alice Miller (was Raising Hitler to be a 'nice person' )

2010-08-30 Thread Allen Esterson
Mike Palij writes about Alice Miller: It seems that a general thesis that Miller is asserting is that adult problems have their roots in childhood experience and one doesn't have to be Freudian to have such a view (though that is Miller's chosen theory). Leaving aside that, once she had set out

Re: [tips] Raising Hitler to be a nice person

2010-08-30 Thread Beth Benoit
Allen Esterson writes: I don't know what the situation is in the States, but the notion that violent people will very likely have had an abusive childhood is frequently expressed in the media in the UK. It's the same here in the States, Allen. The first thing people generally say about an abuser

Re: [tips] Raising Hitler to be a nice person

2010-08-30 Thread Louis E. Schmier
Beth, what, then, explains for the difference of responses since you seem to use the latter of your examples to rationalize away the former. Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.the randomthoughts.edublogs.orghttp://randomthoughts.edublogs.org