As suicide continues to be one of the leading causes of death among
children under the age of fourteen, and as recent bullying statistics
report a strong connection between bullying, being bullied, and suicide,
it is time for society to set aside its obsession with grade-level
benchmarks, test scores, and Blue Ribbon Schools, and instead demand
that our students achieve the academic successes they deserve by
ensuring that they are educated in schools that are intellectually,
socially, and emotionally safe. In Safe Hands: Bullying Prevention With
Compassion for All is a hands-on blueprint to helping schools, parents,
and the community at large address and solve the problem of bullying.
This compelling examination of bullying includes real life examples and
activities for implementation. The fact that the program introduced in
this book was developed--not in response to the obvious and increasing
need for bullying prevention and intervention in schools, but merely as
a model of how all schools can educate children in safe educational
environments--is what differentiates this book from other bullying
prevention books on the market today.