Saving Beauty from the Beast

the long version

What do you do when a good girl falls for a bad boy? Here, at last, is a book that provides desperately needed help. Saving Beauty from the Beast offers specific, usable tactics for confronting teen dating abuse, including: what to say to a daughter before she begins dating; twenty-three warning signs that a girl is in an unhealthy relationship; nine steps a best friend can take if dating violence is suspected; ten ways to intervene effectively and open up the lines of communication; how to break the cycle of control. Throughout the book are the voices of girls and their parents, as well as the insights of psychologists who outline prevention strategies and discuss the most effective ways to communicate with a daughter when the last thing she wants is her parents' advice. - Back cover.