Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence

Robin Karr-Morse · Meredith S. Wiley

Sep 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Linda Jones

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An "ominous and persuasive" study of when violence starts in child development-and the preventive measures to stop it (The New York Times Book Review). This new, revised edition incorporates significant advances in neurobiological research and includes a new introduction by Dr. Vincent J. Felitti, a leading researcher in the field. When Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence was first published, it was lauded for providing scientific evidence that violence can originate in the womb and become entrenched in a child's brain by preschool. The authors' groundbreaking conclusions became even more relevant following the wave of school shootings across the nation, including the tragedies at Columbine High School, Sandy Hook Elementary School, and shocking subsequent shootings. Following each of these, media coverage and public debate turned yet again to the usual suspects concerning the causes of violence: widespread availability of guns and lack of mental health services for late-stage treatment. Discussion of the impact of trauma on human life-especially early in life during chemical and structural formation of the brain-is missing from the equation. Karr-Morse and Wiley continue to shift the conversation among parents and policy makers toward more fundamental preventative measures against violence.

About the author

Robin Karr-Morse is a family therapist in private practice. She is the former director of parent yraining 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.

Meredith Wiley is the former state director of Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York. She lives in Mariposa, California. She is coauthor, with Robin Karr-Morse, of Scared Sick: The Role of Childhood Trauma in Adult Disease.

Linda Jones is an award-winning narrator and NYC actor with a penchant for dark edges and curious truths. She has narrated for Penguin Random House, Recorded Books, Audible Studios, and Dreamscape, as well as a variety of independent authors and publishers. She holds a BFA from Ithaca College.

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