Warning signs : how to protect your kids from becoming victims or perpetrators of violence and aggression / Brian D. Johnson, PhD, and Laurie D. Berdahl, MD.

Author: Johnson, Brian D., 1962 October 3-
Published: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2016]
Physical Description: xii, 292 pages ; 23 cm
Additional Creators: Berdahl, Laurie D.

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.Disconnected and Troubled Home Lives Linked to Danger -- 2.Perilous Thoughts and Emotions and Their Solutions -- 3.Mental and Emotional Issues Tied to Aggression and Violence -- 4.Harmful Media Influences and How to Deflect the Damage -- 5.Bullying and Putting a Stop to It -- 6.School Violence and How to Support School Safety -- 7.Hazardous Friendships and What to Do About Them -- 8.Sexual Aggression and Violence and How to Reduce Your Child's Risk -- 9.Drug and Alcohol Use That Heighten Chances of Violence -- 10.Home Gun Violence and How to Guard Against It -- 11.Child Sexual Abuse and How to Prevent Abduction.

Summary

"Warning Signs provides practical methods to reduce harm to and by children. Doctors Johnson and Berdahl present the most common risk factors and warning signs, along with practical parenting advice and strategies for raising strong, safe kids and protecting them from becoming either perpetrators or victims. They explain how the "old" risk factors--child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, sexual assault, and poverty--have been compounded by new ones in the past 20 years, such as violent media, kids' entitled attitudes, parents' fear of intervention, and increases in childhood mental illness, disrupted families, substance use, bullying, access to weapons, and social media. They provide sample language for tough conversations with kids and with other adults. Full of specific, practical ideas, this book will appeal to parents, teachers, and professionals with a stake in both protecting and developing kindness and compassionate in children. "--

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ISBN

9781613730423 (paperback)
161373042X (paperback)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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