Freud_Burlingham_1943_War_and_Children_k_text

confused in her mind with the more generallonging for the end of the war, which wouldas all the children firmly believed, take themall back to their former homes and to theirparents.REACTION TO DESTRUCTIONIn this war, more than informer ones, childrenare frequently to be found directly onthe scenes of battle Though, here in England,they are spared the actual horror of seeing peoplefight around them, they are not sparedsights of destruction, death, and injury fromair raids. Even when removed from the placesof the worst danger there is no certainty, assome of our cases show, that they will notmeet new bombing incidents at places to whichthey were sent for safety. General sympathyhas been aroused by the idea that little children,all innocently, should thus come intoclose contact with the horrors of the war.this situation which led many people toIt isexpectthat children would receive traumatic shocksfrom air raids and would develop abnormalreactions very similar to the traumatic or warneuroses of soldiers in the last war.We can only describe our observation onthe basis of our own case material; whichexcludes children who have received severe20