Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Kids Audiobook By Gary Dean Quesenberry, Loren W. Christensen - foreword cover art

Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Kids

Teaching Situational Awareness to Keep Children Safe

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Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Kids

By: Gary Dean Quesenberry, Loren W. Christensen - foreword
Narrated by: Gary Dean Quesenberry
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Crime facts: According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, roughly 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States. This book provides the information your child needs to spot those dangerous situations before they have a chance to materialize.

Parents get: A step-by-step guide to teaching children how to safely engage with and accurately interpret their surroundings.

Kids benefit: Tosses out the concept of “stranger danger”. Focuses instead on the process of understanding normal behavior for the purpose of spotting potentially dangerous situations and how to avoid them.

Parents grow: Recognize your children’s fear and confront those fears in a manner that encourages teamwork and effective communication.

Confidence: This book gives parents the peace of mind that comes with knowing that their children have basic situational awareness skills, have a plan if danger appears, and that their children can clearly communicate with adults.

©2022 Garry Dean Quesenberry (P)2022 YMAA Publication Center Combat Sports & Self-Defense Parenting & Families Relationships School-Age Children Social Sciences Violence in Society Martial Arts

Critic reviews

"A brief, practical manual for parents and caregivers who want to help children identify and safely respond to dangerous situations. As the book goes on, readers are sure to gain confidence in their own ability to sensibly safeguard their young ones."—Kirkus Reviews

"Exceptionally well written, comprehensively informative, impressively organized and presented, "Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Kids: Teaching Situational Awareness To Keep Children Safe" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to family and community library Parenting & Public Safety collections."—Midwest Reviews

"Gary’s latest book, Spotting Danger Before It Spots Your Kids, is an amazing piece of work that can prepare your children for the unexpected dangers they may one-day face. Given that there is an epidemic of child sex trafficking right here in the United States, our children need to be educated about the importance of situational awareness, but parents and caregivers need to provide that education in a manner that won’t completely terrify them. This book does an incredible job of giving adults the tools they need to do just that. Gary sets forth lessons that instill the basics of situational awareness in a way that is fun and engaging for both adults and kids. If there is a child in your life who you care about, please read this book."—Craig Sawyer, founder of “Veterans for Child Rescue,” former Navy SEAL, DEVGRU sniper
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This is a wonderful resource for parents. We need to be prepared, and this book has so many useful tools. I highly recommend this book!

Every Parent Should Read!

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A great book that lays a solid foundation.
I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. We listened to it as a family —my husband, my kids, and I— and it sparked some great conversations. I just wish it had been longer and included more security advice, practical tips, and real-life stories. We’ll now move on to the first full book in the series, but this one felt a bit too short.

Great just a bit short

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Found this book recommended on a podcast and I’m so glad I downloaded it. I found it very easy to follow and I took notes as I went so I could go back and reference. I love that it lists several games to play with your kids that build in situational awareness skills, how to teach them and practice skills in day to day life and how to make it fun. I have already used several of the tips and I know I’ll continue to pull from this book for years to come with my young kids. This kid of information is priceless. Every parent should have a copy of this book!

Fantastic, easy to listen to, informative, applicable!

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