No Place to be a Child: Growing up in a War Zone

Explore the lifelong psychological impact of war and violence on children This book should stab the conscience of the world. No one can read its gripping account of the terrifying impact on children of modern war and remain unchanged. - George McGovern, former U.S. Senator, South Dakota and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee

Table of Contents:
Foreword. 1. Children and War. 2. At What Cost? 3. Cambodian Survivors: Hell Is a Time and Place. 4. Mozambique's Children: Dying Is the Easy Part. 5. Palestinians in Revolt: Children of the Intifada. 6. Chicago: The War Close to Home. 7. Making a Place for Children Who Have No Place to Be a Child.

About the Author :
JAMES GARBARINO is a professor at Cornell University, a world--renowned expert of child--abuse prevention, and a prolific author. He lives in Ithaca, New York. KATHLEEN KOSTELNY and Nancy Dubrow have worked together for many years in the study of children and families living in dangerous environments.

Review :
"In reading No Place to Be a Child, I was often struck by the role reversal— the child forced to respond as an adult because we as adults have walked away from our responsibility to provide a safe and peaceful environment for our children. From the child in Mozambique whose parents abandoned him after he lost both legs at the knees, to the children in Chicago who play 'funeral, ' we as adults must do better by the world's children. Garbarino, Kostelny, and Dubrow lead us from despair over what adult policies are doing to our children to hope that we can use our resources to give our children back their childhood." (Paul Simon, U.S. Senator) "The value of the book lies in its advocacy for children. . . . The rights of children throughout the world are not only being compromised by the adult population, but more ominously, are being abrogated by individuals, organized groups, and states. [The authors] show convincingly that such violations of children's rights are not limited to undeveloped or conflict-ridden regions of the world." (The International Journal of Children's Rights) "This is a remarkable volume. It outlines significantly the cost that children pay for adult warfare. From Cambodia, Mozambique, Nicaragua, and Palestine we are led to the terrible parallels of gang warfare in Chicago. . . . We are creating a legacy of terrorism and brutality in these inner-city children for the next generation, and the next. . . . This wonderful book dramatizes this and gives us the challenge of what we can do about it. And we'd better." (T. Berry Brazelton, professor emeritus in pediatrics at Children's Hospital, Boston; author of Infants and Mothers and The Earliest Relationship) "This book should stab the conscience of the world. No one can read its gripping account of the terrifying impact on children of modern war and remain unchanged." (George McGovern, former U.S. Senator, South Dakota and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee) "In reading No Place to Be a Child, I was often struck by the role reversal-- the child forced to respond as an adult because we as adults have walked away from our responsibility to provide a safe and peaceful environment for our children. From the child in Mozambique whose parents abandoned him after he lost both legs at the knees, to the children in Chicago who play 'funeral, ' we as adults must do better by the world's children. Garbarino, Kostelny, and Dubrow lead us from despair over what adult policies are doing to our children to hope that we can use our resources to give our children back their childhood." (Paul Simon, U.S. Senator)