At the Mercy of Externals

<p>Protecting children from all forms of abuse and understanding their formative years is on the minds of today's professionals and families. In <i>At the Mercy of Externals</i> author Dr. David L. Roberts provides a practical model to successfully guide kids into adulthood.</p><p>He introduces his Roberts FLAGS model (or RFLAGS) which explains how we tend to act out emotion-based anxiety rather than face the issues from the past that are often fueling our negative emotions of Fear Loneliness Anger Guilt and Shame. The model serves as a visual and intellectual way to understand the development of maladaptive behavior and it is a means of helping us to understand that behavior is not necessarily representative of who we are as a person.</p><p>A companion to <i>Psyche-Soul-ology</i> <i>At the Mercy of Externals</i> advocates a two-step approach to the problems families kids and professionals face in various situations and contexts. Roberts uses examples from his dysfunctional childhood combined with his professional experiences helping at-risk youth to demonstrate the importance of repairing our lives as adults as a preliminary step to nurturing and protecting children.</p>