National award-winning parenting expert Julia Cook in New York City

NEW YORK - May 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Nationally-known parenting expert and children's author Julia Cook will be in New York City next week - May 15 through 19 - talking about predator safety for children and parents.

Cook's recent book release Smarter than the Scoopers has been endorsed by Child Watch of North America and The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. This book is an excellent tool to equip children with the safety skills they need to prevent being abducted. It empowers children with the skills and confidence needed to make right choices in their daily social interactions. This new edition includes online safety tips, too, as well as helpful parent safety tips.

You could choose to ignore this issue and simply hope it never happens.You could also choose to never let your children out of your site. Unfortunately, neither of these strategies is feasible. Parents, educators and others who work with children are desperate to understand how to equip our children with the skills that will build their self-confidence in dealing with dangerous, unplanned situations.

About Julia Cook

Julia is a former school counselor and teacher. She has presented in more than 800 schools across the country and regularly delivers keynote addresses at national education and counseling conferences. The goal behind all of Julia’s books and efforts is to actively involve young people into her fun and creative stories and teach them to become lifelong problem -solvers. Inspiration for her 45 published books comes from working with children and carefully listening to parents and teachers.

Books coming out later this year include The Ant Hill Disaster, focusing on disasters and violence and how to approach catastrophic events with your kids. Experts say another Sandy Hook or Boston Marathon-like event are not a question of if, but when. It's Just a Game will also come out later this year, and it tackles the subject of video game addiction. These are just two of the five titles in the works which will bring Julia's total up to 50 published works!

Cook’s books have been referenced in such publications as Parent’s Magazine, The New Yorker, The Chicago Tribune, Yahoo.com, dr.laura.com and babyzone.com has. She has also been featured on CNN’s HLN News, and
several large metropolitan networks. For more information, go to

www.juliacookonline.com and you can LIKE her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/#!/juliacookonline?fref=ts (https://www.facebook.com/#%21/juliacookonline?fref=ts)

Julia is now speaking at conference with authors like Mem Fox and Eric Carle- she is a rising literary star that has been compared to Dr. Seuss and writes for 21st centurychildren and the issues they face, helping them learn skills that will last them a lifetime.