Nap Time: The True Story of Sexual Abuse at a Suburban Day Care Center
Author: Lisa Manshel
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ISBN: 0688087639
Publisher: William Morrow (January, 1990)
Sales Rank: 1,742,810
Average Customer Rating: 2.57 out of 5
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Rating: 1 out of 5
A "true" story never properly proven
First of all, the title of the book praising itself as a true story of sexual abuse at a day-care is untrue. The Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled that because of the ridiculious behavior of the people questioning children there is no way that it could ever be determined if allegations are accurate. Thus the conviction was overturned and Micheals has not been convicted to this day. To summarize Dr. Steven Ceci, professor of developmental studies at Cornell University, there is no doubt children in this case were abused...by the therapists who questioned them. Certianly Dr. Ceci carries much more credibility than the author of this... To gain an accurate report on how the allegations developed, read the Amicus breif submitted to the New Jersey Supreme Court by a group of concerned scientists available in the first volume of psychology, public policy, and the law.
Rating: 5 out of 5
My Mother believed that children could be told what to say .
Thats the point in this story a lot thought that the children where beening told what to say ' even if a child is' it still does not fix the fact that children would not know where to put the jelly not even if one told them where ' and one could not get such things off a T.V. unless mom an dad are letting there children watch such things so that would make them just as bad as the one that is sexual abuseing the child . this book told enough to say to us to check people out don't trust the Adults because they have a piece of paper that is saying here my mined went to school .. BULL ... I think the writier done enough to let us know that people with high grade papers can also harm are children . this is a must read for all Mothers an Dad's that have children in day care . read it an check your childrens day care out don't take peoples word for what they say when it comes to your child .. I thank the Author for this book ...
Rating: 1 out of 5
Seriously - Who's Your REAL Audience?
Now that Christmas is upon us, this tome would make an ideal stocking-stuffer for that special someone. Only problem is, that stocking would have to be made of latex, black leather, or a similarly kinky material. Because this allegedly Upstanding Defense of Children and Condemnation of the Perverted Female is more than a little bent itself.WHY is the bulk of the book devoted to lip-smackingly-graphic descriptions of sex acts between a grown woman and small boys? WHY are we subjected to page after page of scatological and copulatory details, when the author does not even provide notes, trial transcripts, police records, or documentation of any kind? Nothing dry or factual please; go straight for the midsection.
Actually, there's another problem. All the cutest twists to the story were left out of this book. Little touches like, er, the fact that the prosecution's star witness (a mother) had been arrested for child abuse herself--and that her implausible verbal "evidence" against Michaels got her off the hook? Oh yes, and there's the little matter of the court focusing for two days on a lesbian experience Michaels had in college. (Wasn't suburban homophobia a handy courtroom tool in the 80's? Sigh.) And the fact that the child witnesses constantly (and emotionlessly) contradicted their own stories when questioned.
And why was Ms. Michaels forced to defend her interest in theater and poetry at her trial?
More than anything, this book reminds me of the moralistic, drooling postcards from the 1920's of innocent minorities being lynched. I assume it elicited the desired sensations and Ms. Manshel can be proud of her back-alley-creeping, raincoat-wearing clientele.
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