Dr. Webster-Doyle's Martial Arts Guide for Parents: Helping Your Children Resolve Conflict Peacefully

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Summary: A must for all parents enrolling their children in Karate
Review: Dr. Webster-Doyle fine book for parents has won the National Parenting Gold Award for excellence! And It is excellent. I highly recommend this book for all parents who are thinking about enrolling their children in the martial arts. He states very clearly what to ask when visiting a martial arts school for the first time. He also writes about the seriousness of bullying and the tragic shootings in schools due to being bullied. This book is full of important imformation for anyone taking or thinking of taking the martial arts. Highly recommended!

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Summary: Martial arts guide for parents
Review: I bought this book as part of a bullying package that my son's karate school was pushing. I found that the book describes what parents should look for in a karate school. It is against flashy uniforms and young instructors and for retired teachers teaching peace in tattered belts. Where do I find such a teacher? My son's teacher is young and in good shape. While the book makes some good points, I found this book to be a bit self serving as it recommends the author's school and his affiliates as the only people who teach martial arts correctly. I signed my son up for self defense against bullies. What this book teaches is running away, agreeing to be humiliated, and lying to boot. I want my son to stand up with confidence and use martial arts if necessary.Instead, the book advocates a quaker like approach. Please!!!! I'm in the process of finding a martial arts school that teaches self defense not self humiliation