Violence Proof Your Kids Now: How to Recognize the 8 Warning Signs and What to Do About Them, For Parents, Teachers, and other Concerned Caregivers [Paperback]

Erika V. Shearin Karres (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 25, 2000

According to Erika Karres, all it would have taken to prevent the Columbine massacre was one person - one parent, coach, or neighbor who recognized the signs. In this book, Karres distills 30 years' experience working with students as an antiviolence expert into a sensible guide for adults dealing with the current youth crisis. She explains the indicators of potential violence - including weak human connections, emotional difficulties, weapons access, and school alienation - and recommends ways adults can help troubled kids.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Conari Press (September 25, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573245143
• ISBN-13: 978-1573245142
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,828,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Practical, pre-emptive, and specific, September 18, 2000

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James R. Jackson (Hillsborough, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Violence Proof Your Kids Now: How to Recognize the 8 Warning Signs and What to Do About Them, For Parents, Teachers, and other Concerned Caregivers (Paperback)

Discussing violence as a symptom of underlying cultural problems, Dr. Karras provides us with eight specific indicators of potential violent acts by young people. She also provides 77 practical, pre-emptive suggestions of what concerned people can do immediately to take command as primary caregiver to the young. In my 36 years in the classroom, and raising four children, I have never read anything to compare with the clarity of these suggestions. Dr. Karras offers them to complement love and concern, with the perspective of an adult taking charge of raising a responsible and sensitive human, rather than handing this task to violence-glamorizing media.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional Insight, December 23, 2000

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Bettina Ann Grahek (North Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Violence Proof Your Kids Now: How to Recognize the 8 Warning Signs and What to Do About Them, For Parents, Teachers, and other Concerned Caregivers (Paperback)

Erika Karres, Ed.D. adds exceptional insight into helping adults turn kids around and away from violent behavior. She provides numerous basic and sound practices, positive approaches, and fool-proof methods valuable to any adult living or working with children who face violence as a way of life. Erika's book is truly a blessing to those willing to listen and learn.