Protecting the Gift, Gavin De Becker
Protecting the Gift, Gavin De Becker
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Protecting the Gift
Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)

Author: Gavin De Becker

Narrator: Gavin De Becker

Abridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2000


Synopsis

Safety skills for children outside the home
Warning signs of sexual abuse
How to screen baby-sitters and choose schools
Strategies for keeping teenagers safe from violence

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)
What should I ask child-care professionals when I interview them? (see page 137)
What's the best way to prepare my child for walking to school alone? (see page 91)
How can my child be safer at school? (see page 175)
How can I spot sexual predators? (see page 148)
What should I do if my child is lost in public? (see page 86)
How can I teach my child about risk without causing too much fear? (see page 98)
What must my teenage daughter know in order to be safe? (see page 191)
What must my teenage son know in order to be safe? (see page 218)
And finally, in the face of all these questions, how can I reduce the worrying? (see page 56)

Reviews

Goodreads review by Deanna on August 13, 2016

4.5 Stars My sister in law bought me this as a Christmas gift when I was pregnant with my daughter. I will admit that at the time I was a bit surprised by the gift as I was very pregnant and SUPER emotional. However, when I did read it I appreciated the fact that she bought it for me. I found it very......more

Goodreads review by Sunny on April 20, 2010

Not an easy read, but important. So glad I went ahead. This book made me think about my own levels of "politeness" as a female and whether sometimes I should err on the side of impoliteness, bitchiness be damned. It's interesting to think of the different reaction I might have had to the annoying mag......more

Goodreads review by Maren on April 25, 2008

a must read for every woman and every parent. some of the stuff he says is obvious and intuitive, and yet we need to hear it again because we tend to get comfortable with the inherent danger in all situations. i especially like how he constantly asserts that we have the inherent intuition (i like to......more

Goodreads review by Montaigne on January 02, 2022

i read this in case i come across an abandoned child in some sort of postapocalyptic scenario and am forced to care for it......more


Quotes

"Gavin de Becker has done it again--this time for kids. Protecting the Gift provides practical solutions to keeping youngsters safe from the day-to-day violence that threatens their world. De Becker is truly a modern-day knight --a good guy who shares his intuitive and intellectual armor with us all. A brilliant lesson plan in prevention." --Ken Wooden, leading child advocate and author of Child Lures