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Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents' Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience

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Peter Levine has written the first book for parents on helping their child deal with shocking, traumatizing and otherwise overwhelming events. This is a book parents should read as soon as possible - so they will be prepared for when they need the information contained within its extraordinarily wise pages. You never know when your child will face a potentially traumatizing situation - you only know that life is full of them: emergency medical procedures, amusement park experiences, assault, dental procedures, death of a family member, divorce, acts of terrorism and all the rest. Trauma-Proofing Your Kids shows parents how to take care of THEMSELVES so that they can actually help their kids handle overwhelming situations without experiencing traumatic after-effects. The book is detailed and practical - a truly helpful guide for parents.
Sarah Chana Radcliffe
Author, Raise Your Kids without Raising Your Voice

Every parent, every teacher, every grandparent, everyone who deals with children should have a copy of this book. They should read it and apply what they learn from it. I am a trauma therapist and I have given a copy of it to everyone in my own family who has kids as well as recommending it to clients with children. It is the consummate book to help create a happier and healthier generation. Trauma will occur no matter what and if a child is taught ways to keep their nervous system regulated and running smoothly they will be less likely to develop long term trauma related illnesses. If you use this book with your kids and you become a grandparent, you can be sure that your kids raise their own resilient children. Here is a way to make the world a better place, starting at home and letting it spread.

I wish I had read this book before my son was born. I can't recommend it highly enough.

By "trauma-proofing" Levine and Kline don't mean preventing broken bones, but rather preventing problems and symptoms that can arise from the inevitable traumas of normal life--ER visits, dental care, separations, accidents, seeing someone else injured, etc. By reading this book, you will be able to help your child in dealing with these, and make them more resiliant in dealing with future traumas.

Traumatic experiences initiate body processes at a very primary level--in humans just as in animals. When these processes are interrupted, it can undermine health and psychological well-being. Fortunately,if you've read this book, you will know how to give yourself and your child the kind of psychological first aid that can allow these processes to complete normally, preventing future problems and increasing their resilience.

I cannot recommend this book highly enough. My brothers have benefited from it, as well as several clients, who have thanked me. For the harried parent who faces the challenge of supporting resilient children in frightening times, this is a practical must.

Our world would be a very different place if all adults had the skills for helping kids avoid trauma, as presented in this book. Learn self-awareness of your own response to danger, and learn how to help a child (or anyone) navigate the emotional challenges during and after an overwhelming situation. This book is relevant for anyone with children in their lives.... but also can be helpful for anyone who feels the ripples of childhood trauma into their adult life. It can be useful to understand what would have been helpful at the time, if we would have had skillful help from an adult.

For most children who grow up in healthy, peaceful environments, medical procedures are one of the greatest risks for trauma. This book includes a guide for how to prepare a child for a procedure, and what to request of doctors to help make the experience as gentle as possible.

This book teaches techniques for helping children with life's little and big traumas. I used some of the book's techniques with my daughter. She was having difficulty adjusting to preschool. I used the techniques to explore her resistance to school and to release some of her fears. She has been much more comfortable and happy at school since doing the exercises with her.

Excellent book for parents and teachers.

I was disapointed wiht this book. There were a lot of chants to do with your child, but not much factual information. After reading this book I bought the book Children and Trauma, and it was sooooooo much better. It had information about problems that children/family go through after a traumatic problem, and it provides many, many ways to help your child overcome the negative effects of trauma.