About to Burst:
Handling Stress & Ending Violence

A Timely Book & Talks for Teens, Families, & Schools
by Rebecca Radcliffe

Today's school shootings and violence frightens us all.

Why is this happening and what can we do about it?

Teen Stress
Teenagers live in a world that is more stressed than ever before. They get overloaded with pressure at school, conflicts at home, relationship problems, and career choices. Many have to deal with divorce, moves, financial struggles, jobs, and blended families.

When stress builds up, teens cope however they can. They may drink, drive aggressively, get high, overeat, go shopping, spend hours on the computer or playing video games, or take out their frustration on others.

This is why we see increased bullying, isolation, depression, obesity, eating disorders, inappropriate sexual activity, violent outbursts, cutting, intolerance and hate crimes, suicide, and many other destructive choices. Kids need new and better choices. They need help unwinding and handling pressure in positive ways.

Positive Stress Relief
Rebecca Radcliffe has a solution. Her book and presentation for teens, About to Burst™ Handling Stress & Ending Violence, helps young people discover positive and constructive alternatives to use when their stress levels get too high. Rebecca, a former high school teacher, was inspired to write this special resource to help prevent school shootings and teen stress.

With energy and simplicity, About to Burst™: Handling Stress & Ending Violence speaks to teens about the problems they face. It explains how stress affects them, how they need relief, and how to choose healthy, non-addictive options when stress builds up.

Rebecca encourages every family with teenagers and every school district to immediately begin teaching kids how to handle their stress. About to Burst™ makes this process easy and simple. Every teacher, every parent, every district can begin showing young people how to unwind without doing harm to themselves or others.

Teens will find more than 120 quick, easy, and positive choices they can use immediately to calm down in About to Burst™ . And kids can keep using what they learn for the rest of their lives. It's easy. It's quick. And it works.

By learning how to release pressures positively, kids can keep stress from getting to the breaking point. About to Burst™ helps teens feel more in control of their lives today and sets them up for greater success in the future. In a world that moves faster and faster, this help is invaluable. For less than 25% of the cost of an average therapy appointment, adults gain the practical wisdom to help their teens!

Violence Prevention in Schools
About to Burst™: Handling Stress & Ending Violence is a key component to any school violence prevention, stress, or health and wellness program. When kids learn to diffuse the pressures in their lives, they are less likely to do harm to themselves or others.

Every school district should have a copy of About to Burst™ for students in the middle school and high school libraries and another for the counseling staff to use with students individually. In addition, each community should have a copy for families to use in the local library.

About to Burst™ is a powerful tool for administrators, principals, counselors, teachers, coaches, health personnel, and parents. It gives young people solutions that can relieve the pressure in their lives, help them find greater success, and give them a chance to use their talents to make our world just a little bit better. And for any school or organization that buys books in quantity for classes, etc., bulk discounts and customized print runs are available.

What Schools Can Do To Prevent Violence
(Besides Increase Security)

1. Add ABOUT TO BURST: HANDLING STRESS & ENDING VIOLENCE to your middle school, high school, and community libraries.

2. Teach kids how to de-stress and unwind.

3. Start in elementary school.

4. Teach parents and educators to handle their stress, too.

5. Based on ABOUT TO BURST, introduce a new way to unwind every day at the beginning of the day (i.e., take a deep breath; shake out your body; tell a joke; play an upbeat song; tell a hero story, read a simple uplifting quote...find 120 more ideas in ABOUT TO BURST: Handling Stress & Ending Violence--A Message for Teens).

6. If possible, schedule Rebecca's talk, About to Burst: Handling Stress & Ending Violence--on stress, teens, & modern life for an upcoming staff in-service, student body presentation(s), and a community night.

7. Build stress and related issues into every possible subject area on an ongoing basis.

8. Encourage sleep, exercise, down time, friendship, good nutrition, fresh air, creativity, balanced schedules, etc. to help decrease stress.

9. Involve community resources such as counselors, PTAs, troup leaders, religious leaders, coaches, artists, local politicians, county officials, etc.to help build a healthy community.

10. Teach optimism! The future offers unlimited opportunities for our young people's progress and success--as long as they learn to handle the changes it brings!

The Bottom Line:

STRESS IS HERE TO STAY—IT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.

To prevent individual and school tragedies,
school districts, families, and communities must take active leadership by
modeling positive stress management
and
teaching young people coping skills.

Start today.
Buy ABOUT TO BURST and get started right away.
Please call Rebecca Radcliffe if you'd like to discuss this further.

Let's work together to end violence in our schools!

Begin Today
Add Rebecca Radcliffe's About to Burst™: Handling Stress & Ending Violence to your school's violence prevention program or your home without delay!

"An important tool! Our kids need this kind of help in our increasingly pressured world!"