Safeguards

Because children are vulnerable, they need to be protected. After more than two decades as a family counselor, Julie Lowe has seen how important it is to help parents and caregivers think wisely and biblically about the dangers children face. Instead of living in fear or denial, parents and caregivers can equip children to assess people and situations and model for them how to live by faith in a world where evil exists.

Lowe helps parents and caregivers teach the safety skills that will help protect their children from mistreatment, unsafe situations, violence, bullying, cyber-crimes, predatory behavior, sexting, abuse, and other kinds of danger that they might encounter. The safety skills that are needed at every stage—preschool, elementary-age, teens, and college-bound—are discussed and applied in an age-appropriate way.

Safeguards provides tools, skills, and resources to help when faced with uncomfortable, challenging, or dangerous situations. Instead of growing more anxious, parents and caregivers can grow in a biblical understanding of the type of dangers and issues children and young people might face, learn how to instill confidence and conviction in responding to new or fearful situations, and distinguish safe vs. unsafe people and situations.

1. Opening Credits
2. Foreword by Paul David Tripp
3. Introduction: The Need to Equip Our Kids
4. Part 1: Wisdom—the Foundation for Equipping Children with Safety Skills
5. Chapter 1: Unique Dangers in Our Modern World
6. Chapter 2: Worry and Denial Are Not Safety Skills
7. Chapter 3: Raising Equipped Kids, Not Fearful Kids
8. Part 2: Equipping Children with Safety Skills
9. Chapter 4: Helping Parents to Recognize and Protect Children from Sexual Abuse
10. Chapter 5: Teaching Kids to Evaluate Behavior
11. Chapter 6: Practice Makes Permanent—Using Role-Playing to Disciple Children
12. Chapter 7: Key Topics to Discuss with Children
13. Chapter 8: Technology and Your Child
14. Chapter 9: When Children Bully or Are Bullied
15. Chapter 10: Equipping Children in Case They Get Lost
16. Chapter 11: Wisdom Issues | Sleepovers
17. Chapter 12: Wisdom Issues | Childcare Guidelines
18. Chapter 13: Wisdom Issues | Safe Words and Family Safety Plans
19. Chapter 14: How to Respond When Violence Touches Your Child’s Life
20. Part 3: Equipping Teenagers and Young Adults with Safety Skills
21. Chapter 15: Teenagers Need Genuine Relationships with God and Their Parents
22. Chapter 16: Comparison, Peer Pressure, and Treating Others with Respect
23. Chapter 17: Sex and Dating
24. Chapter 18: Social Media and Technology Safety
25. Chapter 19: Pornography and Sexting
26. Chapter 20: Alcohol Abuse, Drugs, and Smoking/Vaping
27. Chapter 21: Navigating Mental Health Struggles
28. Chapter 22: Safety Skills for Growing Independence
29. Chapter 23: Safety Concerns for Young Adults | Online Dating, Consent, and Campus Life
30. Chapter 24: God—Our Refuge, Strength, and Very Present Help in Trouble
31. Closing Credits