Wow! I am shocked by the flammatory remarks by people who did not walk in Beah's shoes. I would venture to say that none of you were even in Sierra Leone during the war. How judgmental to discount and slander a situation you have no REAL information about. It is so easy for people to believe, or want to believe, that situations like this don't happen in our world. Well they do happen, in fact they happen frequently. Children are victims of abuse each and every day. Little girls are murdered in China for being the wrong gender. Children are kidnapped and trafficked all over the world. Children are abducted and turned into killing machines, and so much more. PTSD is also real and the damage done from PTSD is staggering. I would encourage each naysayer to get off your highhorse of judgment and step out of denial. Stop slinging mud at Beah and do something of value. Get involved in stopping the autrocities that are done to children, and actually make a difference.
Wow! I am shocked by the flammatory remarks by people who did not walk in Beah's shoes. I would venture to say that none of you were even in Sierra Leone during the war. How judgmental to discount and slander a situation you have no REAL information about. It is so easy for people to believe, or want to believe, that situations like this don't happen in our world. Well they do happen, in fact they happen frequently. Children are victims of abuse each and every day. Little girls are murdered in China for being the wrong gender. Children are kidnapped and trafficked all over the world. Children are abducted and turned into killing machines, and so much more. PTSD is also real and the damage done from PTSD is staggering. I would encourage each naysayer to get off your highhorse of judgment and step out of denial. Stop slinging mud at Beah and do something of value. Get involved in stopping the autrocities that are done to children, and actually make a difference.