M K Devidasan
Girls and Safety - 1: Be Alert and Be Safe is a practical guide designed to help teenage girls and young women develop awareness, confidence, preparedness, and sensible safety habits for everyday life.Safety is not about living in fear. It is about understanding your surroundings, recognising warning signs, protecting your boundaries, making informed decisions, and knowing what to do when a situation becomes uncomfortable or dangerous.This book covers essential aspects of personal safety, including awareness, safe travel, dealing with strangers and acquaintances, personal boundaries, digital and social-media safety, home security, self-protection, harassment, stalking, emergency preparedness, and supporting others.Readers will learn why awareness matters, how to reduce unnecessary risks, how to respond calmly under pressure, and when to walk away or seek help. The book also emphasises an important principle: self-protection does not always mean fighting. Creating distance, escaping, attracting attention, and contacting trusted people or appropriate authorities can often be safer choices.Written in simple, practical language, this book is also useful for parents, teachers, guardians, and anyone involved in helping young women develop safer habits.The first book in the Girls and Safety series, it encourages every reader to live with confidence while remaining alert and prepared.Be Alert. Be Confident. Be Prepared. Be Safe.