Dear Friends:
        This is a new favorite book of mine, written by Robin Karr-Morse and Meredith
S. Wiley. The subtitle is Tracing the Roots of Violence.  Atlantic Monthly
Press, 1997.
        In the analysis that goes on to try and figure out the big  WHY after a young
child (case in point: "a 4 year old who climbed into a crib in his
grandmother's day care center and stomped an eight-week-old baby to death") or
teen goes wild and kills people, there is a piece left out: the first 33
months after conception, which are a critical element in the development of a
person. Trauma and neglect and abuse during this time are not the only reason
very young children kill; however, they are implicated as part of the cause.
        Fascinating and horrifying reading. Warmly, Nikki Lee