Bad Childhood Good Life, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, HarperCollins, NY, NY, 2006.
The controversial radio show host, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, wrote the book I chose for this report. The premise of this book is that even if you have had an unhappy, dysfunctional childhood, you can rise above it and have a happy and successful life as an adult. I had heard several of Dr. Laura's shows and knew her to be an opinionated, hard-hitting woman so I felt this book would be interesting.
The introduction of the book includes transcripts of calls to her show from people who had dysfunctional childhoods. She seems to effectively walk them through their own scenario and helps them to see that even though their present is affected by their past, they have a choice of how great an extent they will allow it to influence their future. In fact, the theme that runs through the entire book is "choice". You can choose to be a victim of the past and continue in misery or you can choose to make......
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