Bad Childhood---Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood
by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
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Book Reviews of Bad Childhood---Good Life: How to Blossom and Thrive in Spite of an Unhappy Childhood
Book Review: surprisingly good!
Summary: 5 Stars
I do not like Dr. Laura. I think she is mean. I have no idea why I picked up this book, but I am very glad I did.
This is such a grounded and compassionate book. I've mostly focused on spiritual books for healing childhood pain, you know Wayne Dyer, Deepak, etc, but I needed this to really help me over the hump. I buy it for people all of the time, and get raves about it. I think what I love about this book is the characteristic Dr. Laura brutal honesty, but it is tempered with understanding and kindness. After reading this book, I am finally able to be completely honest with myself about what I can expect from my parents, (and others too), so that I stop trying to get a response that I'll never ever get. I'm much happier now that I have stopped trying to get "juice from a rock", as Dr. Laura says.
I didn't have a "bad childhood", but I very much needed this book. Don't let the title sway you. If you are reading this review, you must need this book too. Get it.
Book Review: Bad Childhood Good Life
Summary: 4 Stars
The book contains good suggestions for a productive life, and useful ideas and concepts to overcome difficult life experiences, but only if the reader is ready to implement them. The author, by sharing her own challenging experiences at the end, validated for me that she understands and has lived and found a need for doing what is encompassed in the book.
I have given a copy of the book to each of my children with an apology for the 'bad childhood' I gave them. I feel I made a honest effort to break the cycle and not pass on the things I had to live through to my children. I know I didn't succeed entirely, but I know the things I view as being the worst of my childhood were left in my childhood. I hope it gets them on their own road to full, happy adulthood. I'm glad the author took the time and made the effort to help others grow and progress and be happy.
Book Review: very thought provoking
Summary: 5 Stars
Dr. Laura really hit the nail on the head when it comes to my childhood. I have successfully "survived" my childhood as a product of divorce, manipulation, neglect, and mental abuse. This book helps people move on and gives those that have moved on a different way to look back.Book Review: A bit of a Christian perspective
Summary: 4 Stars
I read this book a couple years ago and I have had time to think about it since then. Dr. Laura is an intelligent and determined person. She gives some common sense advice, which is actually hard to come by in these wishy-washy times. However if you are a Christian reader like me, it's important to remember that Dr. Laura is Jewish. In case you don't know, people of the Jewish faith don't believe in Jesus. It is clear through her tough, lay-down-the-law manner that she is not familiar with the grace of Jesus Christ. She said somewhere in the book (in so many words) that some people are too screwed up to get married and have a family of their own. On the contrary, with the cleansing and renewing work of Christ, all things really are possible. If anyone was too screwed up to get married and have their own family, it would be me. My childhood sets the standard for a life of drug use, criminal activity, sexual deviance and social dysfunction.
That said, she drives home a very important point which is that you don't have to live the life of a victim. We receive a very strong message in our current culture that you can be a victim of any number of big or small things, giving you the right to blame everyone and everything except yourself for all your problems. And funny, people like this tend to have a lot of problems. People from seriously abusive backgrounds like me and maybe you could sit around comparing pain and competing for a bigger free-pass to be messed up. Yes, it's true that your childhood experiences effect you profoundly. If they didn't, there would be no reason to treat kids well. There is hope though, and the time comes when you are an adult who can't just live a life of total irresponsibility with no consequences ...well maybe if you're a celebrity. But not in real life. I would recommend this book with the added perspective of remembering where she's coming from if you're a Christian.
Book Review: I dont like her but i agree anyway.
Summary: 4 Stars
I personally don't like the lady (Dr. Laura) however her advice is based on good science even if it is bent to her beliefs. I'm sure she would agree that it's far more important for us to love ourselves than to have others like us.
If you're still angry with your past or just not happy with life, this book might help you take a new look at your life and give you an idea of what you can do. The power of change is with in you if you can unlock it. (and if you're not too chicken to change)