Compton must have been a social experiment to see what kind of people could be made from a chaotic city. Author Kevin R. Johnson refers this place as to where most parents are too busy to raise children, allowing them to slip into the street life, where wars are waging. In Psychological War:The Battles Of A Young BlackMan, he provides a field report of one soldier who survived the street battles but came home with internal damage. He tells his atrocious stories as he lived in the dangerous streets of Compton as a boy.
In a straightforward yet edifying manner, Johnson shares how he spent his adolescent years hating his father for exposing him to abuse and domestic violence. Vowing not to be like him in any way and striving for perfection, he became his hardest critic; but failure upon failure drove him deeper into immature behavior. In his street adventures, he witnessed death, violence, drug and gang culture, and children molesting each other. He got into the street life to look for fun and money. Psychological War:The Battles Of A Young BlackMan was not written as a verbal assault against a father. By showing what happens to a child’s mind when his/her mental health is compromised, the author shares this book and his story to help young fathers. It is an attempt to explore the causes and effects of a failed parental relationship, where a teenage boy seeks answers to his identity and struggles to find a peaceful life.
Merely feeding, clothing, and housing children is not enough to raise them; they also need mental nourishment. Sending children to school and expecting other adults to instill morals and principles into them do not quite complete parental responsibilities either. Reflecting back on the issues Johnson faced throughout his youth, such as identity crisis, verbal abuse, and sexual addiction, Psychological War:The Battles Of A Young BlackMan is focused on probing into the root of the problem, understanding how it began, and coming up with an antidote.
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