Children's gifts Item ID: #125Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)Product Information:
Item Description Safety skills for children outside the home All parents face the same challenges when it comes to their children’s safety : whom to trust, whom to distrust, what to believe, what to doubt, what to fear, and what not to fear. In this empowering book, Gavin de Becker, the nation’s leading expert on predicting violent behavior and author of the monumental bestseller The Gift of Fear, offers practical new steps to enhance children’s safety at every age level, giving you the tools you need to allow your kids freedom without losing sleep yourself. With daring and compassion, he shatters the widely held myths about danger and safety and helps parents find some certainty about life’s highest-stakes questions : How can I know a baby-sitter won’t turn out to be someone who harms my child? (see page 103) Item Reviews5 Responses to “Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)” |
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Gavin de Becker provides the reader with facts, anecdotes and recommendations that both surprise and confound the reader. Many times this reviewer said, to himself, “Of course, why didn’t I think (realize) that?” From helping us understand why our misguided instructions, like “Don’t talk to strangers,” often makes our kids less safe, to providing suggestions that make them safer (“Always ask a lady for help”) this is must read for parents.
Protecting the Gift is an excellent book. I especially appreciated De Becker’s description of all the people out there in denial (“the deniers”) who aid the child molesters by refusing to see the glaring clues right in front of them. The deniers prefer to have their head in the sand, but that’s a surefire way to put your child in danger. Don’t be a denier!
If all caring and well-intentioned adults read this book, we would have far fewer horror stories of terrible things happening to children. This is a book I own and read from time to time to remind myself how to protect my children and how to teach them to be safe without being ridiculously scared. I particularly like de Becker’s review of how typical rules about strangers come up short in the real world and signs to watch for that a persuasion predator is at work. Highly recommend to all parents and all those around children.
I read the negative reviews and don’t see their points. I have read The Gift of Fear as well and there’s enough here to merit another book and I just don’t see him promoting himself.
Every parent must read this book. It dispells many myths we teach our children today that actually make them less safe and shows us how to keep them safe. THis book is especially important for parents with daugthers. IT is specific about how girls and especially teenage girls are the biggest “target” group and how to go about keeping them safe. This book could save you child’s life. He gives inside information as his whole life has been centered around protecting people from violence. He knows what he’s talking about and has thousands of people who thank him for thier continued safety and peace of mind. I tell everyone i know that this is the most important book ive ever read.
Great book. More people need to understand the concepts presented in this book. Gavin DeBecker’s work needs to be more well known to the general public. The Gift of Fear is also a must read, but Protecting the Gift is important for every parent/grandparent/anyone who cares about a child to read. It’s imperative that people learn to prevent danger, especially the dangers that can befall children. This book will help empower parents to know the signs, know what to do, and worry less because they can be confident that their children are truly safe.