The traumatic child

“The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.” Those were the words written by a famous English poet named John Milton. For those of you who don’t get poetry, it only means that early experiences will shape our personalities for the rest of our lives, and that any psychological issues we may experience in adulthood are a result of difficult or traumatic childhood experiences. There's also the newly emerged theory about how pedophiles are born and not made.

       

What do I say? I say “Hogwash!” People have been abusing this notion for a while now and quite frankly I’m not the only one that’s getting sick of it. While I’m not disputing that there are some merits to the theory, it does not give those sickos a get out of jail free card. After all, they do have the choice in whether to commit those crimes or not.