Keeping Your Kids - and You - Safe

I think there are a lot of parents in Iowa these days who are worrying about the safety of their children.  Even though my son is now 22, I still worry!  In this blog, I'd like to give you some tools to help keep your family safe.  

Gavin de Becker is a security issue specialist and expert at predicting violent behavior.  He also has written three best-selling books about personal safety, “The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence”, “Fear Less: Real Truth about Risk, Safety, and Security in a Time of Terrorism”, and “Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)”.  

In "Protecting the Gift" De Becker delivers essential tips on keeping kids safe, interspersed with gripping real-life stories.  In addition to important information on how to spot and assess danger, and the psychology of predators, this book tells how to be proactive about your child’s protection. 

These books are available at the Waukee Public Library.  I've read all three, and they are definitely worthwhile.