Going My Own Way
by Gary Crosby, Ross Firestone
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Author: Gary Crosby, Ross FirestoneEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1983-03
ISBN: 0385170556
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Doubleday
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Book Review: Excellent book on child abuse
Summary: 5 Stars
Every word in this book rings true. Bing Crosby was definitely a child abuser. His public persona was an illusion, something done to make a living. People are phoney in public. Seems like people were even more phoney decades ago than today. How can anyone be stupid enough to truly believe that the way someone acts in front of the media is really who they are? Hell No. How they act in private is who they are. Bing Crosby was a clueless, harmful parent. I have read about good & bad parenting and I've studied psychology extensively on my own. Bing said that he wanted his sons to grow up to be good, upstanding, hard working citizens. Then he proceeded to do everything he could to destroy their self esteem, terrorize them, and make them emotionally disturbed. This is how you create a very dysfunctional adult, a failure. This is absolutely NOT how you create a confident, successful, well-adjusted adult. There are good ways to do that, but Bing didn't know any of them or maybe didn't care much because he was a jerk.
I think the people defending Bing are probably themselves child abusers. They were probably abused themselves and instead of being against evil, they have decided to join evil. Plus these people seem to be completely ignorant of research on child abuse and the severe mental damage it causes. I think books like this one bother them because they don't want to be criticized for abusing their own kids. Well too bad. Let me shed a tear for your discomfort, NOT. You can use all the stupid, ignorant arguments that you want, but we who are informed and intelligent are going to continue to fight child abuse. I think every abusive parent should be publicly exposed. If you think what you're doing is so right, then let the public know all about it. I wonder why there haven't been more books about abusive celebrity parents. They serve a very useful purpose against child abuse. I think child abuse needs to be talked about more. I think parents need to be more educated on how to be a good parent. I think kids need more rights and more protection. I think too many parents have the same attitude towards their kids that slave owners had towards slaves, that they own them and can beat them, degrade them, and do whatever they want with them. This is wrong. Kids are human beings and have inherent rights just as adults do.
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