Doris SanfordCritiques

Don’t Make Me Go Back, Mommy is a direct response to the McMartin pre-school case. It even brings up the game “naked movie star.” (The key, or should I say “Kee,” therapist involved with the McMartin case, took a slightly bawdy rope skipping chant and turned it into a tacit admission of kiddie porn involvement – “What you say is what you are, you’re a naked movie star!” Our weird chant when I was a kid was a vulgar variation of the song “Tah rah rah boom dee-ay.” We all had them but, again, it shows a lot about the mentality of the professional adult who immediately believes such silly rhymes mean kids are being gang raped.)

The story is pretty basic – little girl gets Satanically abused at her day care, she tells her parents, who work hard to help her recover, and assure her that God was really sad she was abused.

This is an extremely small snippet from a very caustic discussion about this book. Should you be interested in the rest, which involves scene the squeamish may want to avoid, you can find it here:
https://www.oddthingsconsidered.com/please-dont-make-me-go-back-mommy-by-doris-s...

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At her grandmother's beach cottage, Annie reveals her father's sexual abuse of her to a dove who helps her heal and learn to trust again. Lists guidelines for adults to help sexually abused children.

This story is about a young boy that got separated from his parents because they weren't doing good and the child was put in a foster home and it talks about what he went through throughout that tough situation.
Ages 4 and up.

This book is focused on a death. Its plot is around a death of a pet. However, the book talks about the different emotions that you go through when you experience death.
Age-4-7
Source- TM daycare library

This book is about a boy whom has a learning disability. He is not as fast at learning as his peer. Because of this he is called names at school. However Patrick has to learn to love himself no matter what other people may think about him. He understood that learning will just take longer for him and he will have to work harder at it.
Age-5
Source- TM daycare library

This book is about a little boy whom is experiencing sexual abuse by his coach. It explains how sexual abuse can happen. It explains that it is not the child's fault as well as walking him through his emotions.
Age 4-8
Source- TM daycare library

This book is about a little boy and his brother whom has to be placed in a foster home because his parents were doing drugs and their dad was hitting them. So it takes the boys through the serious of emotions of having to leave their home and going to a foster home. In the end the children to realize that the home they were in with their parents was not a safe place for them to be.
Age 3-8
Source- TM daycare library

How to help a child with a loss of a pet and how to work through their emotions.
ages: 4 - 8
Sources: Emerald Hills Elem. Library

Summary: This story is about a young Korean boy named Brian and his story about being adopted from parents from another race. He talks about his story of growing up in a neighborhood where he is different. However, his parents tell and show how much they love him everyday. His parents also encourage him to explore and learn about his Korean heritage.

Review: The central message of this story is it does not matter if your parents are not your biological parents, what matters is the love they have for you which is most important. I thought this book is a great resource for students who are adopted because it described details of Brian's relationship with his parents. Readers can connect to Brian and his relationship with his family.

This book was about a boy who felt different. He had no "people friends" and he wasn't very smart. He had a lot of trouble in school because he was struggling in reading, writing, and math. He was bullied for being fat, people called him a retard, and no one wanted to play with him. I liked it because the main messgae, In the end, he learned he had to accept himself and work hard to get better at school. He also realized that some people are mean because they don't love themselves or they are handicapped by their bad attitudes. I enjoyed it because it had a great main message and I liked that the main character, Patrick, found himself.

4yrs.-8yrs.
The story about Josh and his friend Tim dealing with the losses that young children inevitably face from the loss of a beloved pet to the death of a grandparent.

Love Letters: Responding to Children in Pain by Doris Sanford. Epiphany-OviedoELCA library section 8 L; Life Skills: Self-Esteem, Life Challenges, Special Needs. This book was written to help us learn to respond compassionately to children suffering the pain of grief, a parent’s alcoholism, low self-esteem, divorce, a grandparent with Alzheimer’s, foster care, adoption, sexual abuse, and a life-threatening illness. What we say in times like these can either comfort or cause more suffering. What we say can even tip a child over the edge into depression, drug abuse or suicide. So we’d better know what to say, how to respond, in all sorts of situations.
The author devotes a chapter to each of the challenges listed above, and includes letters sent to her organization, Heart to Heart. These letters from children in their own handwriting wring our hearts and ask some very philosophical questions: Why? Did I do something wrong to deserve this? If God loves us, why won’t God make it stop? Sidebars explain children’s common responses to each challenge, how they feel about the challenge, what we should avoid saying, and what we ought to do and say to comfort and strengthen children.
We’ve all wondered what to say to children in response to life’s most difficult challenges and I am sure, like me, you have later hit yourself over the head, saying, “Why did I say such a stupid thing?” or “Why did I avoid the issue?” Sound familiar? This book tackles the problem with finesse and compassion, and it’s excellent for all parents, teachers, medical personnel, and church members – anyone who comes in contact with children and cares about them.

apparently, satanic cults (cleverly disguised as day-care centers) will cause your child to no longer want to eat chicken. that's a damn shame.

This book discusses the death of a pet, often the first death children have to deal with. It is written specifically in order to help children learn about death, and to help adults aid a child's passage through the grief process. Joshua's puppy is run over by a neighbour. This is worth noting as most pet deaths represented in books are as a result of old age. Joshua's growth from the loss comes from the learning of his special secrets: "When I love lots I hurt lots;" "My friends want to help. They just don't know how;" Everybody handles feelings in his own way;" "If you love somebody tell him now;" "I can help my friends when they hurt;" "GOOD memories always stay." It is more suitable for the over-sixes as it is more a text on grief than on the realities of death.

A young boy is portrayed as he sorts out the hurt of "being different" and called a "retard" at school. The boy knows he is not like other children when it comes to his ability to learn. He finds true friendship with a little lamb, Fluffy. Fluffy "speaks" truths to the boy about his specialness and how he is loved in spite of his differences.(amazon).