Raising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves [Paperback]

A dynamic program forempowering children toprotect themselves

InRaising Kids Who Can Protect Themselves,Debbie and Mike Gardner share theirdecades of self-defense experience to showparents how to teach their childrencouragethe trait needed to make brave,smart, and safe choices, no matter what theirage, no matter what the situation.RaisingKids Who Can Protect Themselveshelpsfamilies 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 childrens 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 todayarm 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 Ive read in a long time. A must for parents everywhere.
-Doug Hall, Author of Jump Start Your Business Brain

Debbie Gardner(Cincinnati, OH) was a deputysheriff for the Cincinnati Sheriffs Departmentfor eight years.Mike Gardner(Cincinnati, OH)was a 28-year veteran sergeant of the CincinnatiPolice Division. The Gardners are thefounders of the Survive Institute, a companythat offers courage-based personal protectionseminars. Their clients include AmericanAirlines, IBM, Procter & Gamble, and GeneralMotorslÚ