How can I raise my kids to be safe in today's world - without scaring them?!
This curated list of books and concise, actionable guide teaches kids ages 2-8 proven safety strategies in just a few minutes a day.
Are you like many moms today?
⁉️ Feel like you’re juggling so much just to protect your child—school safety, online threats, social media, stranger danger?
⁉️ Do you worry that “just say no” or “tell an adult” isn’t enough—or isn't realistic for your child or the threats our children face today?
⁉️ Do you want tools that are empowering, effective and emotionally safe?
Even the best moms that do "all the things" are concerned.
You worry because most safety advice leaves kids vulnerable and deep down your mama bear instincts know.
Some ways that typical safety advice for children fails is...
Blanket “always/never” rules don’t account for how savvy those looking to take advantage can be
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Many safety-books leave kids feeling guilty/shamed when they missed or messed up the “rules.”
Telling kids what to do and expecting them to be able to figure out the nuances isn't practical or realistic.
Time has shown experts that it's the safety specific books that make our children easier to manipulate and victimize.
So many well-meaning moms are drilling their kids with books that contribute to a child not correctly identifying danger and/or being unable or unwilling to do something about it.
An example...
Teaching "Stranger Danger" is a problem for many reasons, some of which being:
(1) Much trauma and harm come at the hands of people we know by their first name.
(2) We show our children this isn't true every time we safely talk with strangers.
(3) We create anxiety, setting our children up to fear people and miss the actual signs of danger.
In ALL of the children's books we've read that are marketed with safety in mind we found ONLY 3 books that we can recommend:
These books are easy to come by and likely available at your local library.
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What Kids Really Need
Even with the right books - children don’t learn safety by simply being given good information.
They learn through stories.
Stories allow them to understand key concepts and principles and help them to create their own tailored plans of action.
Plans that match their family's values & lifestyle.
Plans that match their personality & natural strengths.
Plans that grow with their age and understanding.
We use stories to help them learn how to notice what's not right and pre-plan making decisions on what they would do about it — without feeling scared or responsible.
Kids are never responsible for their own protection—but when empowered the right way, we’ve seen children:
🛡️ Stop bullying in its tracks,
🛡️ Get help for planned suicide attempts,
🛡️ Thwart kidnapping attempts, and
🛡️ Prevent school shootings.
Again, like other experts in prevention, we have found most all safety related books on the market we've reviewed to be DANGEROUS by setting our kids up to be more easily victimized.
So, as experts, we curated a list of books that help children to develop a foundation in the key principles for prevention and safety.
These are the books you want to share with your kids for having conversations around creating a personal plan for being safe in potentially unsafe scenarios. You may already own some of these. If not, you can find most in local libraries, or all are for sale on Amazon.
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In using these books,
there are detrimental do's and don'ts and typical safety misconceptions.
Give Your Child a Safety Plan They’ll Actually Use
Your child’s best defense is a plan they helped create.
The Jumpstart eGuide walks you—step-by-step—through:
✅ Critical nuances of key safety topics most parents miss
✅ Exactly how to use each book so the lessons stick
✅ Quick, playful games and conversations that build confidence
In just a few minutes a day, you’ll turn everyday moments into powerful practice, and your child will leave with their very own proven, personalized Safety Plan—one you can see working right away.
The list of books used in the eGuide are also found below.
Imagine being confident your child…
✅ Could spot warning signs & had a plan they were capable of putting into action.
✅ Felt safe talking to you or other safe adults about hard or scary things.
✅ Knew exactly what to do in scary or confusing situations.
The alternative is...
⚠️ We're risking missed chances to prevent something serious from happening.
⚠️ We'll for sure continue with the anxiety, more doubt and second-guessing.
⚠️ We're relying on others (teachers, coaches, friends, etc) to notice and take action when their plates are full, too - and quite frankly, they don't and won't care as much as we do.
We make prevention simple, convenient and easily integrated into everyday life.
PLUS, it's always less time, less energy, less lost sleep when we invest in preventing harm and trauma from coming our way.
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