Good topic! Below is an excerpt from a Norwegian article. Sorry if the grammar is not the best, I had to use Google translate to put it in English. The link to the article follows: http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nrk.no%2Fnyheter%2Fnorge%2F1.10651396&act=url
NRK.no have sent the book to several child psychologists for an assessment. Professor Willy-Tore Mørch , University of Tromsø is merciless in their characteristics.

. CAN BE INJURED: These drawings can create anxiety and stress and it can harm children in several ways, says Professor Tore Mørch-Willy.
Foto: Nyhetsspiller Photo: New Plays
– There is a child abuse creating anxiety and stress on children. There is little doubt that the drawings and stories of murder and promises of healing through faith is suited to anxiety and stress in children. Children who experience this type of abuse can be damaged, both neurobiological and psychological, says Mørch to NRK.no.
Knife against infant
The drawings make it clear how brutal it can be for those who do not live in God, Jehovah's spirit . Central to their teaching is the idea of ??Armageddon . Those who do not preach the word of Jehovah as a witness, and will meet accident and killed at Armageddon, doomsday, occur. The other comes into paradise, where they are assured of eternal life.
: More colorful drawings illustrate this perception of reality in children's book through pictures such as:
- Dead people in the pool of blood and dead soldiers on the battlefield
- Man strangling women and people who are drowning under the Flood
- Abraham binds Isaac on the altar, holding before his eyes while he was holding a large knife in his hand before him
- Sick Job that have large boils on the body as part of Jehovah's efforts to screen out potential candidates to Paradise
- Slave being whipped, Stephen being stoned and the man holding a knife against an infant
It does not specify from what age children should read the book, except that it will happen from one is "very small." . But the introduction emphasized biblical figure Samuel as a cream example, since he began to serve Jehovah the tabernacle at the age of four or five years.
"So no matter how small you are, you are not too small to serve Jehovah" it says.
Sources NRK.no have been in contact with say that the book has a very central role in the Jehovah's Witness-parent upbringing, and stresses that it is expected that early will give the children Bible studies.
Many children will feel guilt and shame to think that things in the secular world is cool. And know that if you think so, you risk Armageddon and ostracism which means being separated from their parents.The fear is an inherent part of growing up in the Jehovah's Witnesses, he says.
In 2001, Save the Children, a project called Go On, where young defectors from closed communities were followed up. Adviser at Save the Children and coordinator of the project at the time, Kaja Hegg , saying that the illustrations and text of the children's literature of Jehovah's Witnesses reflects a form of manipulation of the children that promotes bad conscience and mind control in children. Children exposed to additional stress in childhood, according Tue Toft higher risk for anxiety, depression and various mental stress reactions.
It's not like there are adventure stories they are told.It used very strong imagery to convince them, he said.
Tom Frisvold is unable to understand that a childhood of Jehovah's Witnesses will be characterized by manipulation and mind control to the point of abuse.