The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog

This book by Bruce D. Perry, MD PhD and Maia Szalavitz is one I've been reading all summer. Not that's it's a difficult read or too technical or anything...it's just I keep going back and re-reading different chapters after I've had some time to process them.

The tag line on the cover reads "What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us About Loss, Love and Healing". This book is a fascinating look into how trauma affects a young child, and how children can usually, but not always, recover.

Dr. Perry writes about his experience in the eary 1980's when the generally accepted thinking was that children were naturally resilient and could always bounce back from any trauma they experienced. However he soon realized that these children clearly weren't "bouncing back", and has since made it his life's work understand and help children cope with it in innovative ways.

Let me know if you've read this book and what you thought of it, or others that you've found helpful.