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ISBN
1-930586-16-7 Neddermeyer, Dorothy, If I'd Only Known: Sexual Abuse in or out of the Family,
a Guide to Prevention. The
sexual abuse of children can happen with most any youngster by most any adult
but some children are especially vulnerable to being abused and some adults
are particularly driven to violating them. Predatory adults threaten families and
communities as safe havens and alert us to the need to be informed, vigilant,
and clear about shielding children from harm. This timely guidebook is an important
step in that direction by alerting parents, leaders, and caregivers to common
dangers and calculated grooming that can threaten the well being of children
in the home and community. This
book is eminently practical and filled with a lot of common sense checks and
reminders, the kind of guidance detail that can come from the author's
experience as a therapist. With
specific examples of how abuse occurs, the author expands her solid overview
of the issues in the first half of the book. The last half is devoted to what to do
concerns and checklists. This is
a guide to prevention that includes also a nice bibliography for additional
in-depth help. |