Re: The effects of a bad childhood
Yes I remember reading the biography of Norman Wisdom .Re: The effects of a bad childhood
Re: The effects of a bad childhood
I had a reasonably good childhood, with parents that were strict but fair and never unnecessarily cruel to either me or my two siblings. We were certainly kept under control and got a clout when we deserved one, which just seemed par for the course back in the fifties in a midlands pit village. What it did do though was to teach us self discipline as well as a huge self reliance, qualities which are sadly missing in much of today's youth which I put down to ultra liberal education policies, and the dearth of discipline in both the home and schools.Re: The effects of a bad childhood
Re: The effects of a bad childhood
Re: The effects of a bad childhood
A bad childhood doesn't always mean that the child/ren of a family are neglected either. When I was teaching in secondary school there was a particular boy who was so disruptive that some teachers could not control him. He was arrogant to the extreme because if his parents were called into school - as they were on a regular basis - they would always side with him and blame the school for his behaviour. Eventually, he was expelled for hitting a teacher with a lump of wood and then imprisoning another in her office because she had confiscated his mobile phone - in the days when mobiles were scarce amongst young people. He was taken in by another school but the behaviour pattern continued. He is now in prison for murder. If only his parents had disciplined him and taught him to respect others things might have turned out quite differently for him.
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