Psychological Armor for Kids, Empowering Children and Making them Safer

July 1, 2009 - PRLog -- Self esteem is the single most important factor for the safety of a child. Parents and educators should concentrate their efforts on inspiring children to value their self worth rather than over disciplining them into compliance. High self esteem is psychological armor for children.

Dr. Molly Barrow's new fiction book for children, Malia & Teacup: Awesome African Adventure (ISBN: 978-0-9825109-0-2) illustrates complicated problem solving and demonstrates how to "stay safe by staying strong." Malia's journey of self discovery is a fast paced and fun book, yet the 325 page book with 30 illustrations contains hidden self esteem building messages. The book introduces young, independent readers, ages 9-13, to important life lessons through the comedic misadventures of Malia and her tiny poodle.

How a child values themselves is the first line of defense in dangerous situations against school bullies, predators and abuse. Prevention psychology is what we need now. Children must believe they deserve to be treated well. Experts link low self esteem with drug and alcohol use, rebellion, suicide and school dropouts. The book and Web site provide parents and teachers help with challenging discussion topics.
During the past twenty years counseling families, Dr. Barrow has used humorous storytelling to explain complicated therapy concepts to young children and troubled teens. Children responded so well to her stories utilizing the Barrow Empowerment Theory that Dr. Barrow created the Malia and Teacup books to reach more children.

L.A. psychologist and author Gerald Amada says, "Exciting books with social and moral themes like Malia and Teacup and Harry Potter do have the effect of improving self esteem in children ...and will become a part of the large corpus of children's literature that fosters their emotional well being."

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