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This book offers a lot of great tips on identifying víctims and perpetrators of sexual and child abuse. The author uses humor, statistics and personal stories to relate her message. The only thing I wasn't crazy about was how limited and brief the information was. The author would direct us to her web page for more details. Overall, a good general child safety book.

It's parts hilarious, parts entertaining and all real. I enjoyed this one and how it made me feel like i was receiving friendly advice. This is a must read for parents.

this is the parenting book that every single person needs!! for real. please check this out and make sure that you know you can learn something from it. keep your eyes peeled.

A book about how to both protect your child from and teach him/her about sexual predators and bullying, aimed at parents of children ages 4-10, with a future book planned for older kids. It's written by a victim's advocate and abuse survivor and is intended as a practical look at how to avoid dangerous situations and also how to talk to children about potential dangers without scaring them. I mainly wanted to read it because I have no idea how to talk to an already nervous 4-year-old about things like body safety without freaking him out about meeting new people or making him even more worried in unfamiliar situations. The first half of the book is pretty alarming, with suggestions about doing background checks on everyone your child comes in contact with (slight exaggeration on my part), bullying and how to deal with it, etc. The second half of the book is more what I expected, talking to kids at their level, and has lots of good ideas and suggestions. I wouldn't say I "enjoyed" reading this (because how could you?), but I did find the second half of the book helpful. The first half, as I said, was mostly alarming. I honestly don't know enough about the subject to know whether the more panicky sounding parts are really overreaction or if I should genuinely be as hypervigilant as the book would suggest. I expected a book that would reassure and empower, and parts of it really just caused me more worry about things that I hadn't felt that concerned about previously. Maybe that is good; maybe that is bad. I don't know. It wasn't a fun read, but there was also a lot of good information in the second part. I will likely refer back to this book over time. 4 stars.

In light of the trafficking that has been taking place in the world and how much more aware of it all that we have become, this book comes along at a perfect time. I love the heart behind this book and the practical ways she gives for us to keep our kids, and ourselves safe.

I appreciate her sharing her story with us and helping us realize the dangers that lurk behind every internet connection, ever car, store and person. Like kidnapping and sexual abuse, and trafficking happens everywhere.

This book is for every parent that wants to prepare themselves to be better parents and to keep their children safe.

"Badass Parenting" is a must read for parents of children at any age. The author breaks things down in easy to understand chunks of information in a hilarious yet serious fashion.

I really enjoyed this book. It gave me ideas and affirmations, where I needed them. I found it very easy to read and enjoy. None of it felt over the top or preachy, which is always a problem with ‘help’ books, and we all know the last thing parents want is to be made to feel rubbish. This book never does that. It is great and really enjoyable.

Badass Parenting

I enjoyed the book!! From one Grandma to another we were on the same page! I also agree that you shouldn’t give unsolicited parental opinions unless asked because that only causes issues with your daughter in law!!😂 I love mine! I have a 10 year old granddaughter that my son and his wife are raising to be a strong respectful and caring person! She writes Thank you cards on her own for gifts!
My daughter just had her first baby and she is calling me a lot, and I am sending her a copy of this book because I was so impressed with the message!! Wonderful job in talking about being alert when you send them off to daycare!!

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Hmmm I have such mixed feelings about this book so I'm going to try not to make my review super jumbled.

Pros:
- this book DOES cover some very important information about child safety and some of the things that can pose a threat to the children in your life
- She doesn't divide issues into girl/boy issues. She will state statistics that show whether something is more commonly targeted towards boys or girls- but she does point out it can happen to either
- I like that there are footnotes for her comments and thoughts and endnotes for sources- it was a good way to split it up.
- She is clearly well versed in this information- she is a victims advocate and has years of training looking into these things
- Parts 3 and 4 were the areas that I found most useful as those got beyond statistics and focused on what you could do to help your kids. Parts 1 and 2 focused on what the dangers are and statistics- which IS important to the concept of the book- it was just overwhelming at times.
- while it feels doom and gloom she does point out that it's not nearly as bad as it seems because of the 24 hour media cycle and the tendency for media to use "click-baity" headlines

Meh:
- When I started reading I thought the snarky footnotes were hilarious- and the ones that weren't defining words continued to be funny. But after a while the footnotes where she was defining words that I felt people would have been able to figure out from context became annoying.
- There were some chapters that came off more doom/gloom or "I don't like X for X reason" (the chapter on the dangers of the internet comes to mind- it felt very over the top and technophobe to me)



Con:
- While she did mention some information about race and how it impacts the dangers children faced I felt like when it was mentioned it was mentioned in a way that was so she could say "I DIDN'T IGNORE IT". I only remember 1-2 times that she mentioned that African Americans or people of color face a different statistic than white children.


Overall I feel like this is a decent book if you are a parent who wants either re-assurance about the dangers your kids face in the world today. I didn't particularly enjoy it which is why I am giving it 2 stars. Despite her talking about the desire to educate kids without scaring them half to death- it almost seemed like she wanted to scare parents and caregivers instead.

I though this book might actually heighten my anxieties and wondered if I should bother reading it, but it did the exact opposite!
Written from a completely non-judgemental place, the author used light hearted tones where appropriate and made me glad I was educating myself. Somethings I knew, and others were new info I'll be glad to adopt into the way I speak to and educate my kids.
I was glad to read some advice that I had already instinctively done as a parent and been 'mocked' by others as being too over protective - which actually helped calm my anxieties knowing I had made a good/recommended judgement call in the situation.
Recommend for parents of all ages - yes even that young!

Definitely one for all parents to read. It really breaks out of the “traditional “ child upbringing books. But it does it in a fantastic way.