Child sacrifice -- Infanicide, abandonment and abortion -- Physical cruelty and socialisation -- Child exploitation -- Violent children, youth enforcers and juvenile delinquents -- Coping strategies and exit routes
Summary
The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world. As yet, however, there has been no attempt to explore this concern historically and look at how the boundary between good and bad parenting may have changed across time. This book attempts to fill the gap by examining the role of violence and neglect in the relations between parents/carers and children from the Bronze Age to the present. By demonstrating how the boundary between acceptable and unacceptable form
