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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is just a shout out to the two/three posters who discussed the de Becker book [i]The Gift of Fear [/i]way, way back near the beginning of this thread.  I ordered the book after reading your posts and the book arrived yesterday.  I just finished it.  You're right that it has a lot of merit, especially in context of this situation.  Thank you for your discussion of the book so that I, and hopefully others, were able to learn from it.[/quote]

You're welcome!  You should also read Protecting the Gift.  I found both books very eye opening.

Signed,
One of the posters who got flamed for mentioning these very applicable books[/quote]

And you didn’t find they made you more paranoid and anxious? I’m personally afraid to read them. I’m anxious to begin with.[/quote]

I'm the first poster.  I'll be honest that I work with unstable and disturbed children so I was interested in finding a book that I could give to my children/friends/etc that would help them understand how to avoid escalating bad situations to achieve better outcomes.  I've had quite a bit of hands-on experience and training but I'm not as good at synthesizing & presenting the information in in laymen's terms for friends/family in a way that they can find applicable and actionable.

I found the book had lots of very good, practical advice and sound reasoning.  When I was done I passed the book off to one of my daughters (a high school senior) and she looked up a while ago to say that once you get over the topic it is quite reassuring to hear what you SHOULD do.  So, PP, I think you might find it empowering rather than anxiety producing.  I found that de Becker's writing style is very calm with no hyperbole, which was very helpful.

I highly recommend the book and I think you'll find it very useful, PP.  In the meantime I will be checking out the other book, too.[/quote]

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