Protecting Children from Danger: Learning Self-Reliance and Emergency Skills Without Fear (Family & Childcare) [Paperback]

Bob Bishop (Author), Matt Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 1993 | Age Level: 3 and up | Series: Family & Childcare

This book for parents and those who care for children will change the way you teach 6 to 11 year olds about the dangers of the world. Security professionals Bishop and Thomas use creative games, exercises, and simulations based on proven educational principles and experience to teach children and parents skills for coping with dangerous situations such as crossing the street, being lost, fire, natural disasters, home intruders, and adults who may intend harm.

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About the Author

Bob Bishop directs P.O.L.O. (Protecting Our Loved Ones) International, which offers personal safety training to children and parents.

Matt Thomas is the founder of Model Mugging self-defense programs.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books; Front Cover Bent edition (August 31, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556431597
• ISBN-13: 978-1556431593
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,292,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical SAfety, December 16, 2000

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Tina S. Kyprios (Springfield, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Protecting Children from Danger: Learning Self-Reliance and Emergency Skills Without Fear (Family & Childcare) (Paperback)

Matt Thomas' writing is very pratical, easy to follow and understand, and can be made quite fun. These are great exercises to help anyone through a number of dangerous possibilities that we don't like to think about, from fires to deeealing with strangers. I highly recommend this book to anyone with kids.

3.0 out of 5 stars So so, June 10, 2011

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This review is from: Protecting Children from Danger: Learning Self-Reliance and Emergency Skills Without Fear (Family & Childcare) (Paperback)

I have had martial arts training for more than forty-five years. I've lived in gang country. I pride myself that I've never needed to harm another human being. I strongly support this kind of play-teaching for children. I think my own early experiences would have been better if I had had some.

That said, I think the sources that the authors draw on are far from the best. Rather, find a Judo or Brazilian Ju Jitsu teacher who has a good rapport with children. Avoid the schools that feature a "WORLD CHAMPION" and favor the schools where the children are playful, not sullen or violent. Try reading Tom Brown's Tracker together and maybe his urban survival book. Play more the baseball together.

Finally, establish a password and teach them to question authority that asks them to do themselves or their personal sovereignty harm.

Remember, NEVER go to the second scene of the crime. What happens to you there on the street, in public, even it you die, is less bad than what will happen to you at the second scene of the crime. I don't recall this being mentioned in this book.