Read What People Are Saying About Protecting the Gift

Read what child and safety experts have to say about Gavin de Becker's important book on keeping our children safe, Protecting the Gift.

''Protecting the Gift is dynamic, inspiring, and practical. It's also an entertaining and gripping read. What a combination of qualities! After reading it, you will be changed, and your children's lives will be safer. This is a must read for every parent or anyone who cares about kids.''
-Ellen Snortland
Author of Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls

''De Becker has done it again in a field that is full of pseudo-advice on protecting America's most valuable asset-our children. Protecting the Gift leads the way in this field. It's a must for all parents raising children in an increasingly violent society.''
-Robert Ressler
FBI Behavioral Scientist
Author of Whoever Fights Monsters

''Gavin de Becker's Protecting the Gift takes a giant step in helping parents translate fear into positive action that can provide safety for their children.''
-Ann Wolbert Burgess
Professor of Psychiatric Nursing
University of Pennsylvania

''Protecting the Gift is the antidote for every person's worst nightmare. A rare opportunity to converse with a master observer of the human condition.''
-Dr. John Monahan
Professor of Psychology and Law
University of Virginia
Author of Predicting Violent Behavior

''In Protecting the Gift, de Becker writes eloquently and compassionately about the real dangers facing children. De Becker delivers his message not only through emotionally resonant real-life stories (by far the most compelling are from his own childhood) but also through a distillation of the teachings of major criminal justice and psychological researchers. He has achieved what the academics have not been able to effectively do-make the research understandable and useful to the average person.''
-Paul Mones
Children's rights attorney
Author of When a Child Kills

''Gavin de Becker has done it again-this time for kids. Protecting the Gift provides practical solutions for keeping youngsters safe from the day-to-day violence and risk that threaten their world. De Becker is truly a modern day knight - a good guy who shares his intuitive and intellectual armor with us all. A brilliant lesson in prevention.''
-Ken Wooden
Leading child advocate
Author of Child Lures

''Gavin de Becker has captured the truths from real-life stories that we can use to protect our children from the predators of our society. I will be a different kind of parent, spouse, and friend because of Gavin's profound insights. We would need fewer police officers and prosecutors in this country if everyone followed the advice in this book.''
-Casey Gwinn
City Attorney
San Diego, California

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