Parenting for a Peaceful World

Still reading it, and enthralled with the content. I admit the first third of the book is difficult to stomach and not recommended unless you have time to be alone and process the material. It darkly details the horror that we as humans have inflicted on our children throughout history. However, as dark as it is, the material does motivate me to vigorously do whatever I can to change the pattern of trauma that has contributed to the ills of society today. I do hope the remaining pages of the book can provide some hope at a time when I struggle to find it on a daily basis. While many points of the book help me understand how a certain individual can rise to the publicly elected status of President of the United States, such an understanding brings with it a sorrowful awakening to the enormity of the problem we are up against -- nearly an entire planetary species with underlying and unresolved trauma at its core, and too many individuals suffering from a low emotional IQ and a lack of knowledge of how it can be addressed and repaired, or worse yet, a lack of will to change it.

Show this book to any random adult stranger and explain its premise (unfiltered and raw) and historical revelations, and I guarantee you there's an 8 of out 10 chance they will become defensive. This is all the evidence you need that we are still far from reaching a world of peaceful parenting. Fear not, however, because just like the dinosaurs, the older generations die off and go extinct, and with them their ideas and beliefs slowly lose their flame.I recommend this book over "The History of Childhood", since Robin Grille writes for the lay reader, covers history (using Lloyd de Mause's and other psychohistorian's research), goes over infant and child psychology, reveals groundbreaking science, and provides means to become better parents.I have found the following terms synonymous: peaceful parenting, unconditional parenting, helping mode parenting, philosophical parenting, and non-violent parenting.

This type of social history needs to be updated with new statistics every 5-10 years to accuratelyportray what's current. A healthy chunk of this book is a history of Child Abuse since ancienttimes.(What's new and pink about this subject, and not so current in *Parenting*, is the neurology of the newborn,i.e.the neonate's brain is only 25% developed at birth and the part that is developed is the reptilian brain.The social brain (or limbic system) is not there at birth, much less the prefrontal cortex (the thinking brain).The mother or primary care-giver is the implicit MODEL to help grow this unformed brain.However baby's whole body is SENTIENT. Her senses are multi-fold and starting to be so, longbefore birth. While parents are trying to turn their babies into model achievers, they fail to focus first on what physicallydevelops first! Attachment. Nils Bergman might fill out the baby's needs picture with Kangaroo Care. Safety for mothers and babiesis part and parcel of the healthy brain development of newborns. Also, the subject of medical interventionsand pharmaceuticals literally changing the recipe of the *bun in the oven*, would beef-up Grill's overview.Robin Grille gives some valuable tips on more thoughtful and non-violent child rearing practices at the end.As a woman, I see the usual failure to expose the scary facts: like...there are over 800,000 registeredsex offenders (mostly male) in the US alone, in 2015. And no one has figured out a way to regulate, or civilize,or stop recidivism in this population. This is an important, though certainly unpleasant part of our social history,and ripe for examination.

I have probably read over 50 books on parenting. This is the single most important and life changing book I have ever read. I've studied psychology, child development and I am a registered nurse. Last year I became certified to teach Nonviolent Parenting. This book was on our required reading list. I could write pages of accolades for this book and Robin Grill's work. This book helped me to understand the history of violence, gain a deep understanding of violence, have empathy for those who come for a place of violence and CHANGE so that I could break the cycle of violence in my family history and those of other families.

Powerful and inspiring book. For all those who believe our society is in the toilet and we have never been more depraved, it is so completely untrue. This book gives me hope for the future. We are improving. For the growing number of parents who are actively trying to understand their kids and their kids' needs, this book is incredibly helpful. It also reminds me on days when I'm feeling like my parents were right, spanking and shaming is the way, it isn't and it doesn't help. Violence and self centeredness, because of thier nature can't help.

The well being of our children is the single most important aspect of any society, yet we have in many cases a poor history in caring for our young. Parenting for a Peaceful World is a long overdue and brilliantly documented history of parenting. I highly recommend it to any parent or person with children in their lives. Thank you Robin Grille for championing the needs of children!!

I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in parenting or just interested in self-development. Understanding parenting styles that were prevalent during our childhood helps us go through a self discovery thought process that can make us better persons. Every individual should go through this self discovery process in order to stop the vicious cycle of making the same mistakes in bringing up our children as our parents made with us. If we want our children to jump to the next level of human civilization, every parent or parent to be should understand what this book advocates and care for their children following these guidelines.

Bought this book when my daughter was small. Brilliant book - really easy to get my head around and has even helped me when I started my mental health nursing training. All parents should read this

Daughter was happy for her midwifery degree

I wish I had come across and read this book before I became a mum, but it is invaluable. If you read nothing else this year, read this!

Good.

Very interesting reading

An extraodinary look at how we treat our children and how it influences the way our nations behave later on!

if this book makes you angry or uncomfortable in any way its because it speaks the truth and that can be a very hard pill to swallow.

The book is a little dirty and the first Chapter seems being read by someone already. Therefore i guve 4 star.

A brilliant and illuminating book. A MUST read for any parent or teacher. Recommend this to absolutely everyone you know!