{"product_id":"protecting-the-gift-keeping-children-and-teenagers-safe-and-parents-sane","title":"Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)","description":"\"I commit that by the end of this book, you'll know more and be uncertain less; see more and deny less, accept more and hesitate less; act more and worry less. How can I be so sure? Because if nature selected you for the job of protecting a child, odds are you're up to it.\"--Gavin de Becker\n\nIn his groundbreaking bestseller The Gift of Fear, Gavin de Becker showed millions of readers that like every creature on earth, human beings can predict violent behavior. Now, in Protecting the Gift, de Becker empowers parents to trust fully their own intuition when it comes to their children's safety.\n\nIn this indispensable resource, de Becker provides keen insights into the behavior and strategies of predators. He offers practical new steps to enhance children's safety at every age level: specific questions parents can ask to screen effectively and evaluate baby-sitters, day-care services, schools, and doctors; a \"Test of Twelve\" safety skills children need before being alone in public; warning signs to help parents protect children from sexual abuse; and how to keep teenage girls and boys from unsafe situations with peers and adults. De Becker also shatters the myth that rules like Never Talk to Strangers will keep your children safe. By showing what danger really looks like--as opposed to what we might imagine it looks like--de Becker gives parents freedom from many common worries and unwarranted fears.\n\nAll 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. De Becker helps parents find some certainty about life's highest-stakes questions:\n\nHow can I know a baby-sitter won't turn out to be someone who harms my child?\nWhat should I ask child-care professionals when I interview them?\nWhat's the best way to prepare my child for walking to school alone?\nHow can my child be safer at school?\nHow can I spot sexual predators?\nWhat should I do if my child is lost in public?\nHow can I teach my child about risk without causing too much fear?\nWhat must my teenage daughter know in order to be safe?\nWhat must my teenage son know in order to be safe?\nAnd finally, in the face of all these questions, how can I reduce the worrying?\n\nA generation ago, in Baby and Child Care, Dr. Benjamin Spock told parents that they already possessed most of the important knowledge about their children's health. Similarly, when it comes to predicting violence and protecting children, de Becker demonstrates that you already know most of what you need to know-- parents have, he says, \"the wisdom of the species.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0385333099\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: HBSV.0385333099.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:De Becker, Gavin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book  is in good condition and has some writing, underlining, and or highlighting inside. Cover may have some cosmetic wear.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Happy Book Stack ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51957033959725,"sku":"HBSV.0385333099.G","price":5.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/6799\/6205\/files\/0385333099-0.jpg?v=1775075641","url":"https:\/\/www.thehappybookstack.com\/products\/protecting-the-gift-keeping-children-and-teenagers-safe-and-parents-sane","provider":"The Happy Book Stack ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}