How would you teach kids to beware of enemies?

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Oleg Volk

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When I was growing up in Russia, my parents taught me the basic rules of cautious behavior (i.e. phones are NOT secure, admitting to certain knowledge would get the whole family shipped off to a concentration camp and the like). How do free and proud Amreicans here (or dwellers of other places) prepare their kids for the "real world"?

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Oleg "peacemonger" Volk

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I would say the first step would be to realize that we aren't free.

Then, whatever you do, DON"T send them to public schools.

I guess the trick is to teach and train them to effectively deal with reality without scaring the crap out of them and taking away their spirit.
 
I can only speak for myself seeing that everyone has different ways of parenting. She is only 5 now so I don't get into the deep aspects of things yet but I do teach her general safety and how to stay safe. Simple things like never answer the door, let mom open it. Never take candy from someone you don't know. Never get into a car with a stranger, even if they said they know me or her father. I teach her that a bad guy isn't always an ugly man or big man, it could be a small tiny pretty woman. I have taught her to kick and scream as loud as she can if someone were to grab her. I teach her if someone approaches her in a car to run away from the car and get an adult. Of course I teach her the Eagle Eddie rules on firearms too :). I guess these are all standard things but I am sure there are parents out there that don't take the time or effort in teaching little ones the basics :(. I think the most important thing is you are not only a parent but a friend, and if you have a problem or a question not to be afraid to ask. Kids all ages need someone they can trust.

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Hope you don’t take this the wrong way. I tell my son starting a fight isn’t a good thing to do. If someone else starts the fight then it’s ok to end it. He told me about a boy kicking him. At first I was mad. As the story went on my son told him to stop, the boy didn’t. He got kicked back. Then my son says “if he does it again I’ll kick harder”. No more trouble so far.
 
Keep them away from schools IMO. Every adult at a school can tell kids what to do and they are supposed to do it. Of course only the "good" kids do what they are told. Could you ever take the time to actually know all the adults your child interacts with at school?

Teach them the differences between morality, ethics, & legal complications (age dependant).

Spend time with them and make sure they know you care about them. I have seen to many kids, and adults, that let bad/evil things happen to them because they don't believe they have any worth.

Try to create a workable "chain of command" that the kid can go to if they think this or that person is doing something that scares them or is wrong. I have to many friends who were victums of child abuse (of every type) were one whole side of the family was involved activly...and the members of the other side of the family that knew about it did nothing :mad:

Make a list of things that are bad no matter who does it. And listen to them.

I used to drive school bus, and I still don't understand how parents can let there little kids go into the real world without someone they know and trust watching their kid.

I guess from the things I have seen I won't let my kids (when I have them) be alone around people I don't know and trust 100% till they are at least 8 or 9.
 
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