Saving Beauty from the Beast
Subtitle: How to Protect Your Daughter From an Unhealthy Relationship
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: March 10, 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780316735520
Subjects: Services For Women; Social Institutions; Family & Relationships; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Family/Marriage; Abuse - General; Life Stages - Adolescence; Life Stages - Teenagers; Family & Relationships / Parenting; Parenting - General
First sentence: IN THE EARLY 1980s, as a prevention specialist in the movement to end violence against women and children, Barrie Levy spent a great deal of time in California classrooms defining rape, sexual abuse, and battering as crimes against women - as experiences that girls might encounter when they grew up.
Table of contents: title: Prelude : Jenny's story; title: Part one : Love that hurts.; title: The roots of abuse in American society; title: The black-and-blue soul : emotional abuse; title: Prove that you love me : sexual abuse; title: Kissed and choked on the same date : physical abuse; title: Trapped and trying to tear free; title: Why some boys choose to abuse; title: Part two : What a parent can do.; title: Warning signs : how to spot an abusive relationship; title: Learning all you can about the relationship; title: Early intervention; title: Strategizing with common sense and creativity; title: Actively confronting the violence; title: Helping your daughter break away safely; title: Terror / counterterror; title: Aftermath of abuse : the healing journey; title: If your child is a witness to abuse; title: When you suspect your child may be an abuser; title: A pound of prevention : how to bring up girls and boys to have relationships of trust and respect; title: Epilogue : I confront Jenny's murderer in prison; title: Appendix.; title: Recommended reading; title: Help-giving resources; title: Education programs and curricula available to schools