Deviant children grown up cover

Deviant children grown up

by Lee N. Robins

"Robins documented the potential stability of conduct disorder, finding that many troubled children and adolescents display anti-social personalities as adults along with other types of psychopathologies. However, he also observed the possibility of positive change and better outcomes in some individuals. Robins's findings have been replicated many, many times in other longitudinal studies; the stability of conduct-disordered behavior, especially related to aggression and callous-unemotional characteristics, is abundantly clear across individuals and across generations." (Disorders of Childhood: Development & Psychopathology -- Parritz, 2014)

Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?