Review Of Marc Parent's Turning Stones

Turning Stones was a novel produced by Marc Parent. Parent was a caseworker for the state of New York for approximately four years. In these years, Parent had often experienced children who were abused and neglected. In hopes of saving these children, Parent would often have to remove these children from their homes and placed within the foster care system. This novel highlights the cases that had proven to be most memorable to himself and his own development. Child maltreatment was exhibited throughout the entire book of Turning Stones. More specifically, children in this book were victim to: malnourishment, sexual abuse, neglect, or even a parent who can be viewed as engaging in a stage of psychosis. The most horrific case to me was pertaining …show more content…
These secrets include Snowden’s secret, Dantrell’s secret, and Milgrim’s secret. Snowden’s secret focuses on the fact that the human body is simply a fluid filled sac straightened with the help of a skeleton, it is this fluid that is released when it endures a bullet or stab wound and where a life can be taken (Garbarino 77). Dantrell’s secret touches on the fact that children can be left to fend for themselves in the presence of a serious threat to their well being (Garbarino 80). Finally, Milgrim’s secret emphasizes the fact that when violence is in question, anything is possible Garbarino 82). There are no boundaries or lines that a person will not cross when it comes to violent …show more content…
The cycle of violence is experienced when a person and their partner continuously endure three phases in their relationship: the tension phase, the violent phase, and the honeymoon phase. With each cycle that passes, the tension building phase along with the violent outburst phase seem to increase, while the duration of the honeymoon phase seems to decrease until it ultimately is not present at all. In these situations, if the partner is being abused, it is not uncommon to have the offender abuse the children in the home as well. Also, the victim may displace their anger upon a target who possess less strength and power than they do, and this is often their own children. Even if the children are not abused first hand in these situations, even just witnessing the events take place can increase their chances of engaging in similar behaviors in their own relationships as they grow