Anyone with Teenage or College-Age Girls

[sallyhoffman]

If you have teenage and/or college-age girls, I recommend you get them a copy of the book "A Girl`s Gotta Do What A Girl`s Gotta Do: The Ultimate Guide To Living Safe & Smart" by Kathleen Baty. With the information in the pages of this book, these girls will be able to start their adult lives from a position of power. Unfortunately, that`s not the norm - young women are the most victimized segment of our population. At the same time, they are the least likely to report a crime.

Gavin de Becker, my favorite personal safety author, wrote the foreword to this book, so of course I had to get a copy of this book for the Hoffman library. I just started reading it today and haven`t been able to put it down - the book contains lots of personal safety tips. I plan to share this information with my daughter when she`s old enough.

Please consider making "personal safety" a New Years Resolution for 2004. Purchase a copy of this book for the special gal(s) in your life (the safety tips are geared toward teenage and college-age girls but are appropriate for women of all ages).

[3tbear]

A book like that would be good, especially for teenagers going away to college. I'm sure a few teens will still feel that they know everything there is to know about protecting themselves, but its always good to have as much knowledge on the subject as possible don't you think? It can't hurt them. I don't have any children, but I do think the book sounds like a good idea. You can't be too careful these days with the weirdos out there.

My mom used to buy me books like that, even after I was married, on how to stay safe at home, you know, about burglaries, stuff like that.