Counterpredators: Survival Response Conditioning and the Parent/Child Connection.. Bill Kortenbach

&quot;Counterpredators&quot; is a modern solution to an ancient problem: Parents face the overwhelming responsibility of training their children to navigate the threat environment and safely molding them into powerful, self-aware, authentic adults. At the same time, many parents do not themselves possess the necessary skill set&ndash;and when their children sense this, they begin to adopt questionable heroes and role models.<br><br>In the natural world, animal parents train their young by repeatedly exposing them to hazard, while demonstrating efficient risk management, yet our society teaches us to do the exact opposite: Shelter and protect our children from whatever might harm them. As a result, many children are profoundly unprepared to deal with real threat. Since both animal and human young are equally vulnerable, it is easy to spot the weak link: The unprepared human parent.<br><br>To solve this problem, parents need to assume a powerful new identity, something unique and elemental that rivets the attention and imagination of their children. They must become counterpredators: individuals who have the skill and the will to engage and overcome human threats. <br><br>&quot;Counterpredators&quot; is the story of how to achieve this transition using cutting edge methodology. Survival Response Conditioning &mdash;the re-activation of dormant, subconscious survival skills combined with high pressure, scenario based experiences&mdash;produces rapid, permanent change and provides the launch pad for an unbreakable bond of love and respect between parents and children.