Re: Intergenerational Transmission -- Not

["Michael A. Fraga, Psy.D., DABFE" <MichaelSan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sharon,
    Drawing a parallel to alcoholic families, developmental issues and
cycles in children in general, and the various differing types of
transgenerational mental and medical illnesses might help.

Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Carnahan <Carnahan@Rollins.Edu>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Date: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:10 AM
Subject: Intergenerational Transmission -- Not


>I am lecturing this week in Developmental Psychology class about child
>abuse.  I am having trouble getting the concept of intergenerational
>trasmission across to my class.  They can't seem to get the idea that
>while many adults who abuse children were themselves abused, many abused
>children grow up to be successful parents without abusing their
>children.
>
>Can anyone recommend an effective tool, set of questions, classroom or
>workshop exercise, or concise set of numbers, to help my students get
>this?
>
>(Not sure all that many of us professionals get it either, come to think
>of it!)
>
>Thanks
>
>Sharon Carnahan, Ph.D.
>Rollins College
>
>