What are some books about the effect of childhood experiences on adult life? I would like to read some books about the effects of childhood experiences on the adult life. For an example, somewhere I read that adult males who had an aggressive father they are usually not aggressive (because they find it repulsive and inhumane), and also, they are not able to show anger in the proper dose when needed. The example may not be accurate but I hope I conveyed what I mean.
I have a PhD (not in neuroscience or psychology) so I think I can manage even a bit more academic oriented books. However, it would be nice to have some books suitable to average layman person too. 
It would be nice someone could read such a book and by comparison to themselves realize that some trait of them is not actually normal and should be fixed.
This question is open to opinion, however, I cannot see how you can go wrong with buying the book Life-Span Human Development by Sigelman &amp; Rider (now in its 8th edition) mentioned in @Chris' answer to What happens to someone missing teenage years of development?