Don't "Kill" Your Children

Don't "Kill" Your Children is a psychological and educational work by Qazim Dushku that focuses on how adults' behaviour affects children's emotional and mental development.

About the book:

The book deals with the idea that children are not "harmed only physically", but often emotionally too, through:

• excessive criticism and harsh words
• lack of attention and love
• psychological pressure and comparisons
• authoritarian upbringing without empathy

The author stresses that many problems that appear later in a young person's life (anxiety, insecurity, low self-esteem) are often rooted in childhood.

The key message:

Children should not merely "grow up"; they should be carefully built up emotionally, because parents' words and behaviour leave deep psychological marks.

Why it is considered important:

It is a book with a strong psycho-educational focus, addressed to parents and educators to help them better understand the emotional impact they have on children.