Safe Kids, Smart Parents
What Parents Need to Know to Keep Their Children Safe
1st Edition
Published on 11. June 2013
224 pages
978-1-4767-0046-5 (ISBN)
Description
Leading family psychologist and personal therapist to Jaycee Dugard, Rebecca Bailey tells parents how to keep their children safe in this accessible, must-have guidebook, with a foreword by Terry Probyn, Jaycee's mother.
Whether their children are toddlers or teens, six years old or sixteen, whether they live in a rural town, suburb, or a bustling city, all parents worry about threats?from cyber-bullying to exploitation and abduction. What should they tell their children and when? What practical steps can they take to reduce the risks and keep their kids safe? Dr. Rebecca Bailey, with the assistance of her sister and registered nurse, Elizabeth, gives easily understood, easily followed answers.
Safe Kids, Smart Parents builds on Dr. Bailey's years of experience as a family psychologist helping real families deal with real situations. From abduction to abuse, Bailey explains how parents can speak to their kids about troubling topics while building their self-esteem and teaching them how to protect themselves. A smart, comprehensive, and easy-to-read resource, Safe Kids, Smart Parents is the most important book a parent can own.
Whether their children are toddlers or teens, six years old or sixteen, whether they live in a rural town, suburb, or a bustling city, all parents worry about threats?from cyber-bullying to exploitation and abduction. What should they tell their children and when? What practical steps can they take to reduce the risks and keep their kids safe? Dr. Rebecca Bailey, with the assistance of her sister and registered nurse, Elizabeth, gives easily understood, easily followed answers.
Safe Kids, Smart Parents builds on Dr. Bailey's years of experience as a family psychologist helping real families deal with real situations. From abduction to abuse, Bailey explains how parents can speak to their kids about troubling topics while building their self-esteem and teaching them how to protect themselves. A smart, comprehensive, and easy-to-read resource, Safe Kids, Smart Parents is the most important book a parent can own.
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Rebecca Bailey, PhD is a leading family psychologist, and personal therapist to Jaycee Dugard. She is former director of the Sonoma Police Departments Youth and family services program, was a therapist educator for programs such as Marin County's DUI Program, and is the founder of Transitioning Families, a team of psychologists dedicated to Bailey's innovative ideas for helping families through crisis and difficult change. She continues to work with a variety of state and national organizations such as The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. She has been interviewed by Diane Sawyer, Piers Morgan, and on Good Morning America. A graduate of The Wright Institute in Berkley, CA, Dr. Bailey now lives with her husband and five children in Northern California.
The mother of Jaycee Dugard, Terry Probyn has been in the media speaking about child safety, abduction, and victims' rights since her daughter's abduction in 1990. She is the founder of the Just Ask Yourself to Care Foundation (JAYC) to help families afflicted by abduction, and lives with her family in California.
Elizabeth Bailey, MSN, RN, CRNP is a nurse practitioner, and a graduate of Hampshire College and Santa Monica College. She worked previously as a associate producer on TV and movies for 20th Century Fox and Disney, but now lives with her family in Los Angeles.
The mother of Jaycee Dugard, Terry Probyn has been in the media speaking about child safety, abduction, and victims' rights since her daughter's abduction in 1990. She is the founder of the Just Ask Yourself to Care Foundation (JAYC) to help families afflicted by abduction, and lives with her family in California.
Elizabeth Bailey, MSN, RN, CRNP is a nurse practitioner, and a graduate of Hampshire College and Santa Monica College. She worked previously as a associate producer on TV and movies for 20th Century Fox and Disney, but now lives with her family in Los Angeles.
Content
- Intro
- A Mother's Words
- Directions for Using 'Safe Kids, Smart Parents'
- 1. What's This All About?
- 2. Don't Be Afraid
- 3. The Facts About Abduction
- 4. Never Send a Stranger
- 5. Parents: Know Yourself
- 6. "Be Alert. The World Needs More Lerts"
- 7. Think It Through
- 8. Protecting Your Kids in the Digital Age
- 9. Is This Exploitation or Do You Really Like Me?
- 10. If You Don't Take a Cop to Lunch at Least Say Hello
- 11. Respecting Authority Figures Doesn't Mean You Should Never Question Authority
- 12. Know When NOT to Mind Your Manners
- 13. False Allegations
- 14. Love Equals Strength
- 15. Flexibility and the Survivor Gene
- 16. When Do We Tell the Kids?
- 17. Just the Facts Again and Again
- The Safe Kid Kit
- I. Just for Older Kids
- II. More Just for Kids Age 12 and Up
- III. Just for the 'Tweeners
- IV. Just for the Younger Kids
- V. The Safety Agreement
- VI. Saftey Equations
- VII. The Safe List
- VIII. Resources and Information
- IX. What to Do If a Child Is Missing
- Acknowledgments
- About Rebecca Bailey, PhD and Elizabeth Bailey, RN BC
- Notes
- Index
- Copyright
