{"product_id":"staying-the-cost-of-silence","title":"Staying: The Cost of Silence","description":"What happens when children learn early which truths are welcome—and which ones are not?\n\nSTAYING: The Cost of Silence is a powerful, intimate examination of how silence forms, how performance becomes protection, and how well-meaning adults unknowingly teach children to disappear in order to belong.\n\nThrough lived experience and sharp observation, Shane Thomas traces the quiet patterns that follow us from childhood into adulthood—how achievement can become armor, how honesty gets postponed in the name of stability, and how the absence of safety, not the absence of words, is what silences us most.\n\nThis is not a book about parenting techniques or quick fixes.\nIt’s a book about presence.\n\nAbout what happens after a child finally speaks.\nAbout how adults often leave emotionally at the exact moment they’re needed most.\nAbout why “calm” is often rewarded over truth—and the hidden cost of that choice.\n\nWritten for parents, educators, caregivers, and anyone who works with or loves children, STAYING offers a deeply human lens on behavior, vulnerability, and connection—without blame, diagnosis, or prescriptions.\n\nAt its core, this book asks a simple but unsettling question:\n\nCan we stay—without fixing, minimizing, or disappearing—when the truth gets uncomfortable?\n\nBecause when adults learn to stay, silence loses its power.\nAnd when silence loses its power, lives change direction.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0GHP1NSN1\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0GHP1NSN1.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thomas, Shane\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525100957757,"sku":"BVV.B0GHP1NSN1.G","price":15.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0GHP1NSN1-0.jpg?v=1794521823","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/staying-the-cost-of-silence","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}