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After her teenage daughter was killed by a boyfriend in 1986, Crompton set out to educate the public about teen dating violence. Along the way, she met magazine writer Kessner, whose own daughter had been murdered as an adult. This earnest, impassioned book, a product of their friendship and collaboration, illuminates the problems of dangerous relationships by describing their characteristics, mapping out warning signs of abuse and offering sound advice for parents seeking to empower their daughters. The authors interviewed psychologists, counselors and girls who have had violent boyfriends; the girls' stories, as well as first-person accounts from parents and abusive boyfriends, are woven throughout the text. Many of the stories are heartbreaking: Vasso's boyfriend put her in a coma for six months when he tried to strangle her; the father of Kaisha's child beat her repeatedly and ultimately raped her. Crompton and Kessner are at their best when giving specific guidance to parents, such how to spot boyfriends who are too controlling and telltale changes in girls' behavior, as well as how to help daughters plan safe breakups from violent boys. As social science, the book is weaker. Some of the authors' statements-like the claim that "many" girls are becoming victims of violence "earlier and earlier" in relationships, or that for most teens, abuse is a "dating fact of life"-beg for supporting numbers. But whether or not the phenomenon is on the rise matters little when such abuse exists, and this book serves as both fervent friend and practical coach to parents whose daughters may be facing abuse.
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Crompton offers hard-won advice: her daughter lost her life to an angry boyfriend. There's big interest in this book.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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After her teenage daughter was killed by a boyfriend in 1986, Crompton set out to educate the public about teen dating violence. Along the way, she met magazine writer Kessner, whose own daughter had been murdered as an adult. This earnest, impassioned book, a product of their friendship and collaboration, illuminates the problems of dangerous relationships by describing their characteristics, mapping out warning signs of abuse and offering sound advice for parents seeking to empower their daughters. The authors interviewed psychologists, counselors and girls who have had violent boyfriends; the girls' stories, as well as first-person accounts from parents and abusive boyfriends, are woven throughout the text. Many of the stories are heartbreaking: Vasso's boyfriend put her in a coma for six months when he tried to strangle her; the father of Kaisha's child beat her repeatedly and ultimately raped her. Crompton and Kessner are at their best when giving specific guidance to parents, such how to spot boyfriends who are too controlling and telltale changes in girls' behavior, as well as how to help daughters plan safe breakups from violent boys. As social science, the book is weaker. Some of the authors' statements-like the claim that "many" girls are becoming victims of violence "earlier and earlier" in relationships, or that for most teens, abuse is a "dating fact of life"-beg for supporting numbers. But whether or not the phenomenon is on the rise matters little when such abuse exists, and this book serves as both fervent friend and practical coach to parents whose daughters may be facing abuse.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Crompton offers hard-won advice: her daughter lost her life to an angry boyfriend. There's big interest in this book.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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IN THE EARLY 1980s, as a prevention specialists in the movement to end violence against women and children, Barrie Levy spent a great deal of time in California classrooms defining rape, sexual abuse, and battering as crimes against women - as experiences that girls might encounter when they grew up. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Barrie Levy, Karen Harker, Sarah Buel, Rosalind Wiseman, New York, Mark Smith, Edna Rawlings, New Jersey, Barri Rosenbluth, Carol Eagle, Leah Aldridge, Expect Respect, Gavin de Becker, Jacey Buel, Meredith Blake, Raymond Purvis, Shelley Neiderbach, Long Island, Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition, Break the Cycle, Cycle of Violence, Donald Dutton, Emiliano de Leon, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Stop Violence New!
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IN THE EARLY 1980s, as a prevention specialists in the movement to end violence against women and children, Barrie Levy spent a great deal of time in California classrooms defining rape, sexual abuse, and battering as crimes against women - as experiences that girls might encounter when they grew up. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Barrie Levy, Karen Harker, Sarah Buel, Rosalind Wiseman, New York, Mark Smith, Edna Rawlings, New Jersey, Barri Rosenbluth, Carol Eagle, Leah Aldridge, Expect Respect, Gavin de Becker, Jacey Buel, Meredith Blake, Raymond Purvis, Shelley Neiderbach, Long Island, Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition, Break the Cycle, Cycle of Violence, Donald Dutton, Emiliano de Leon, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Stop Violence New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker on page 155, and Back Matter
- Sex & Power by Susan Estrich on page 232, and Back Matter
- Dangerous Relationships by Noelle Nelson in Back Matter
- Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls (Ballantine Reader's Circle) by Mary Pipher Ph.D. in Back Matter
- Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls by Mary Pipher in Back Matter
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- Invisible Girls: The Truth About Sexual Abuse--A Book for Teen Girls, Young Women, and Everyone Who Cares About Them by Patti Feuereisen in Back Matter
- How To Say It (R) To Girls: Communicating with Your Growing Daughter by Nancy Gruver on page 330
- Mother-Daughter Wisdom: Creating a Legacy of Physical and Emotional Health by Christiane Northrup in Back Matter
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