How and Why Children Hate

Dr Ved Varma is a former educational psychologist.

The roots of hatred, sad to say, can often be traced to infancy and childhood. It seems a sacrilege to suggest that the children we love, the children who can be so loving, should have in them the seeds of the indifference, cruelty and violence which are the accompaniments of hatred. This is a worthy project indeed; its insights into the human conditions of love and its relative, hate, will be of value to a wide audience.

• Introduction, Dr Ved Varma. 1. Hate in Nursery Rhymes, Robin Higgins, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, London. 2. Unconscious Communication of Hatred Between Parents and Children, Francis M J Dale Principal Psychotherapist, Torquay. 3. The Family Scapegoat, Christopher Dare, PhD, The Maudsley Hospital. 4. Child Abuse and Hatred, Kedar Nath Dwivedi, PhD, Consultant Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist, Northampton. 5. Hatred Between Children, Neil Frude, PhD, Cardiff University. 6. The Therapeutic Importance of Racial Identity in Working with Black Children who Hate, Jocelyn Emama Maxime, Clinical Psychologisti, Kent. 7. Children and Hate, Nandini Mane, Educationalist, London. 8. Religion, Hatred and Children, Robert Bocock, The Open University. 9. Authority and Hatred, Kevin Epps and Clive R Hollin, University of Birmingham. 10. Gender and Hatred, Helen Barrett and David Jones, Birkbeck College, London. 12. Hate and Mental Handicap, Valerie Sinason, The Tavistock Clinic, London.