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[dark_phoenix54]

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, and Other Stories From a Child Psychiatrist’s Notebook, by Bruce D. Perry, MD, Ph D, and Maia Szalavitz. Basic Books, 2006
Author Bruce Perry has a very difficult but very gratifying job. He’s a child psychiatrist who deals with children who have been horribly abused and traumatized at an early stage, helping them

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[rafqa]

Look at Mowgli-- he came out all right!

Not to mention all the dogs who are currently being RAISED AS HUMANS.

[dark_phoenix54]

The author doesn't have the humor Sacks does, but it's not a depressing book. Well, the fact that people do such horrible things to children is depressing, but the cases he presents all turn out well- except one. And on that one he was brought in to evaluate, not to treat. So it made me hope that his techniques spread widely in the treatment community.

[dark_phoenix54]

At least the dogs being raised as humans are frequently better behaved than the humans being raised as humans! lol