Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves

A dynamic program forempowering children toprotect themselves

In Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves, Debbie and Mike Gardner share theirdecades of self-defense experience to showparents how to teach their childrencourage--the trait needed to make brave, smart, and safe choices, no matter what theirage, no matter what the situation. RaisingKids Who Can Protect Themselves helpsfamilies foster courage in their children atan early age so that it becomes an inherenttrait, rather than a situational need.The book features:

• Age-appropriate methods to instillcourage in children without creating fear
• Courage coaching as a way to createa "family" defense system
• Lifesaving skills, such as quality eyecontact, voice control, breathing, controlof inappropriate crying, development ofpositive self-talk, and space awareness
• Ways to reduce children's vulnerability
• Site-specific survival strategies, fromparties to the mall to sports practice

Every time I watch the nightly news, I thank God my wife and children have been trained by Debbie and Mike Gardner. Please, please, please read this book as a family. You will learn how to avoid the most dangerous situations and fight your way out of the rest. We live in a very different world today--arm your family with the power of this book.
-Cris Collinsworth, Sports Commentator for Fox/HBO Sports

This book is brave, bold and one of the most important books I've read in a long time. A must for parents everywhere.
-Doug Hall, Author of Jump Start Your Business Brain