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 Jonathan's well-honed presentation was truly an enriching experience. His delivery was engaging, savvy and well-informed. His material expanded our awareness about online safety. It brought our Parent Teacher Student Association to a new level.

Amy Mueller
PTSA Coordinator
​Palisades High School

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Jonathan takes complicated topics and simplifies them. His workshops provide our students and parents with actionable and accessible information that will greatly benefit them now and in the future.

Anthony Locke
Head of Upper School
​Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences

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Jonathan brilliantly addresses crucial topics that aren't included in our school curriculum. His interactive style keeps the audience asking for more.

Ruth Fragoso
PTSA President
Santa Monica High School

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I hired Jonathan to teach my sons, their friends, and parents about sexual violence and misconduct. Jonathan's presentation was highly informative. I know this critical info will help keep my sons safe for life!

Tanaz A.
Santa Monica, CA

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We bring Jonathan to Beverly High to help our students (and their parents) develop 21st century life skills. Each time Jonathan presents, the response was phenomenal. Our students are engaged and the parents are thrilled.

Ali Norman-Franks
Intervention Counselor
Beverly Hills High School

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It was a pleasure having Jonathan present to our Village School Alumni Parent group. His presentation style is extremely engaging, and he is masterful in his ability to turn complex legal concepts into practical talking points that parents can share with their teens.

Dolly Klock, MD
Co-Chair
Village School Alumni Parent Group

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Jonathan's presentations for our congregation are very enlightening. Parents are grateful for the opening to talk with their teens about crucial subjects. Teens appreciate Jonathan's relatability and directness. We can't wait to bring him back!

Zoe Klein
Rabbi
Temple Isaiah

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A veteran prosecutor and youth safety counselor, Cristall is uniquely qualified to write a book about keeping teens out of trouble. Cristall starts with the assertion that teens need to find safe people to help them no matter what situation they face, and gives advice to parents on how they can fulfill this role in their adolescent's life. The crucial legal topics are personal safety, dealing with police, sexual assault and consent, harassment, sextortion, teen dating violence, digital footprint and citizenship, data privacy, cyberbullying, and smartphone cameras. The end of each chapter contains a space for students to journal takeaways, bullet-list summaries, and take a "What Would You Do If It Happened to You?" quiz. VERDICT: Easy to read and comprehensive on topics of safety, Cristall's volume is an informative read for teens and their parents, but may also prove to be a helpful text for a high school-level health class." 

Library Journal

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Interfacing with the police can be stressful and potentially dangerous, particularly for people of color and the young. Jonathan Cristall provides not only great insight for how to best interface with the police, but is candid about racial injustice. Many changes are needed with how our communities are policed. In the meantime, I highly advise all parents and their children to read this book.

Dr. Cedric L. Alexander
Past National President of the National Organization
of Black Law Enforcement Executives
​CNN Law Enforcement Analyst

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As a parent, prosecutor, and former at-risk kid, Jonathan Cristall has a unique perspective when it comes to helping youth navigate the gauntlet that is adolescence. What They Don't Teach Teens is a timely text that provides both parent and child alike with valuable information to identify and confront some of the most challenging teen issues of the day.

Justin Patchin, PhD
Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
Co-Founder & Co-Director, Cyberbullying Research Center

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Jonathan provides critical information for teens and emerging adults navigating a complex world, including sexual violence, how to handle interactions with police, and how to keep one's cyberpresence safe in relatable ways. An easy read with vital and useful information and advice for current and future generations. I plan to share Jonathan's work with the young people I teach, work with in positive youth development as well as those I know personally.

Kate Fogarty, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Family, Youth & Community Sciences
​University of Florida

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After five decades working in sexual violence prevention, I am so glad to see this unique book: What They Don’t Teach Teens. It is deep, impactful, and clearly conveys information about sexual and interpersonal violence that no young person should be without. A remarkable achievement.

Patti Giggans
Executive Director
Peace Over Violence
(Formerly Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women)

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Mr. Cristall’s book exposes some of the most common methods perpetrators use to obtain child sexual abuse material by the exploitation of young people. His prevention techniques and tips are savvy, well explained, and will certainly keep tweens, teens, and young adults safer online and off.

Glen Pounder
Chief Operating Officer
​Child Rescue Coalition, Inc.

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Students, school staff, and other caregivers in every community will surely benefit from reading What They Don't Teach Teens. There are many great conversation starters too. An impressive accomplishment by Mr. Cristall.

Anthony Locke
Head of Upper School
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences

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Jonathan provides practical guidance on cyberviolence and shines a spotlight on the uniquely 21st century crime of sextortion. As a global advocate sharing the story of my daughter Amanda's life and struggle, I so appreciate the contributions Jonathan makes to the movement. I know that parents and young people will be both safer and wiser from having read What They Don't Teach Teens.

Carol Todd
Founder
​The Amanda Todd Legacy Society

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Young people need to know what to do and not to do when stopped by the police while driving or on foot. What They Don't Teach Teens is written in a straightforward way that makes it imminently accessible to young people. Mr. Cristall's counsel is balanced, authentic and provides information that we all want our children to have.

Michael Pittaro, PhD
Associate Professor of Criminal Justice
East Stroudsburg University & American Military University

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Finally, a sourcebook covering the class that no school offers: what it takes to grow up safely in today's world. Jonathan Cristall combines his experience as a risk-taking kid, his years of expertise as a prosecutor, and his warmth as a dad of three teenagers to open the eyes of Gen Z-ers and their parents.

Cara Natterson, MD
New York Times Bestselling Author of The Care and Keeping of You Book Series

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What They Don't Teach Teens is a current, informative and easy-to-read guide addressing issues of interest to youth, parents and guardians alike. With our attention focused on the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, and the ubiquitous digital phenomenon of cyberbullying, an understanding of applicable laws is essential. Jonathan Cristall has excelled in providing such in this book.

Judge Tom Jacobs
Author of They Broke the Law—You Be the Judge

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An easy-to-read guide for teens and those who love them ... a great tool to work through alongside a teenager to talk through the information and real-world situations. This is a very valuable guide to tough topics that are relevant in the lives of young people. Highly recommended.

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Jonathan Cristall's background, experience, and writing style makes him relatable and gives his voice credibility that teens will listen to. His book kicks open the door for parents and other caregivers to have meaningful discussions with their children about incredibly important issues.

Kami Kosenko, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Communication
​North Carolina State University

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What They Don't Teach Teens will help prevent sexual violence in relationships, friendships, peer groups, and communities. Mr. Cristall is transparent about his own experiences and the many issues that young people face in hook-up, party culture—particularly those fueled by alcohol.  

Connie J. Kirkland, MA, NCC, CTTS
Director of Sexual Assault Services
Northern Virginia Community College

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Jonathan Cristall's book is designed to appeal directly to youth — to help them make healthy and safe choices, even when interacting with the police. Cristall's approach to cyberbullying is to emphasize all of the choices teens have when they find themselves in these situations. I hope that many teens benefit from reading this book!

Elizabeth Englander, PhD
Executive Director & Founder
Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center
​​Bridgewater State University

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Jonathan's sage advice on avoiding violence is as good as anything I've come across after three decades in law enforcement. Although the topics are serious in nature, the book actually brings readers a sense of peace and calm knowing that they can handle unexpected events that can occur in life.

John Torres
Systemwide Director of Investigations
University of California Office of the President
Formerly Special Agent in Charge, LA Region ATF

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Our teens are growing up in a technological world that gives them access to some of the greatest ideas of the world, and at the same time exposes them to the underbelly of cybercrime, harassment, cyberbullying and laws that they have never heard of. Jonathan’s book should be taught at the Jr. High and High School level across the country. He is direct and spot-on with his advice.

Bruce Anderson
Co-Founder
​Cyber Investigation Services, LLC

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It is no longer an option to come of age without the life skills so adeptly covered in What They Don’t Teach Teens. It’s not only young people who will benefit from having this information at their fingertips, but teachers, school administrators, parents, and other guardians too.

Tamar Galatzan, Esq.
Board of Education
​Los Angeles Unified School District, 2007-2015

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As someone who has five kids and has been teaching safety for a living, I found this to be a great book for any parent and their teenage children. It's a book that will open up a door for discussion with your children about their safety.

Jason Hanson
Former CIA Officer
New York Times Bestselling Author of Spy Secrets That Can Save Your Life

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What They Don't Teach Teens is a wonderful way for school administrators and school counselors to start all sorts of meaningful conversations with students. A book like no other that schools (and parents) have been longing for.

Ali Norman-Franks
Intervention Counselor
​Beverly Hills High School

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An essential guidebook that is eye-opening and just overflowing with solutions to so many of the issues that young people face. Smart, timely, and essential reading for anyone—parents, guardians, young people and teachers. As important to our children's education as any class they will ever take in school. 

Cathy Gordon, LCSW
Head of Religious School
Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, CA

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What They Don't Teach Teens is an essential tool for young people, parents and guardians in navigating the rocky terrains of street and digital safety, and sexual violence. Drawing on the voices of internationally regonised experts in their fields, Jonathan Cristall provides informed, non-judgemental and inclusive advice, and strategies for approaching what are often difficult conversations.

Bianca Fileborn, PhD
Lecturer in Criminology
University of Melbourne

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This book helps tweens, teens, and young adults appreciate the importance of their digital footprint and how to be good digital citizens. It is just bursting with compelling information about social media and the use of digital technologies that all young people coming of age today must know.

Terry Evans
Chief Executive Officer of Cybersleuth Investigations, Inc.
Fellow with the National Cybersecurity Institute
Excelsior College

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