http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/ptsd-in-a-book-for-9-year-olds-tomorrow-two-time-newbery-medal-finalist-jacqueline-woodson-returns-with-peace-locomotion/ Janice Harayda Reviews Fiction, Nonfiction and Poetry for Adults and Children Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/ptsd-in-a-book-for-9-year-olds-tomorrow-two-time-newbery-medal-finalist-jacqueline-woodson-returns-with-peace-locomotion/#comment-7823 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:14:30 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=16520#comment-7823 So much depends on the execution, though. Some writers might deal with post-traumatic stress disorder in an insensitive way (for example, by perpetuating stereotypes) that would serve neither children nor people with PTSD.

]]> http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/ptsd-in-a-book-for-9-year-olds-tomorrow-two-time-newbery-medal-finalist-jacqueline-woodson-returns-with-peace-locomotion/#comment-7822 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:11:27 +0000 http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/?p=16520#comment-7822 That can only be a positive thing. Kids need to learn that not everyone has the same life experience they have. And things like PTSD are invisible precisely because no one talks about them. I think teaching kids about these kinds of conditions will only help to normalise them, and help people become more accepting of others. Heavens knows, people dealing with PTSD have enough on their plate without having to explain why they have a hard time functioning like a “normal” human being.

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