Cotton-Pickin’ Days

Haha… sounds like my brother when he was a kid! Kids are so innocent; it’s kinda sad that the innocence has to be shattered.

ROFLMAO!!! It’s funny in a “oh wait, that’s not so funny” kind of way. And also because my 3 1/2 yr old would probably be inclined to the same response.

I loved this post!
How to teach them, I don’t know…Raph and his friends at school used to play a game called “paedophile” where one would chase after the others…we used to call it “the big bad wolf”! It’s important not to be too obsessed by strangers as most abductions are done by people who know the child…I think english schools have a programme called “Just say NO” which was about empowering children to say no when they felt they were being asked to do something they weren’t comfortable with, the trouble is Raph uses it as an excuse not to put his dirty plate into the dishwasher!

HA HA HA HA!!!

hey hsien!

i laughed when i read this. although spencer is way too young yet to teach about stranger danger, i had to laugh when i read your posting. i’m sure that spencer would do the same (if not more) if someone offered him a gummy bear. cecil recently bought spencer a bottle full of gummy bear vitamins, and the kid just lives and dies by those bears. (we are now trying to wean him off.)

ellen

echomyst: Totally. Wouldn’t it be cool if we could trust everyone?

Deb: Good to know mine isn’t the only who’s so easily duped. hehe

Snowy: Oh my goodness! What kind of game is that?! I ope the school will help in this respect although I suspect that right now, it’s teaching Stephen to trust strangers in that the teachers are not family members. Cool for now because one of these days, we may have to get a babysitter!

Gloria: And what works for a bribe in your house?

ellen: Hi there!!! Those gummy vites were our downfall too. They were the first candy-like sweets Stephen was introduced to. The only way I could curb his addiction was by giving him a couple of other gummy-like candies along with the vitamins so he wouldn’t be so desperate and obsessed about them. Surprisingly, it worked and he doesn’t ask for more more more.

Actually, I think children are naturally suspicious of strangers, and having lost all three of mine at various times in large cities, one panics, but most of the time people are kind and helpful. I don’t think one can really expect the child to be the one responsible, except that I heard a paedophile interviewed on woman’s hour, (are you hooked on Radio 4 yet?) who said he hung around playgrounds looking for the little outcast, they were easy to befriend. So, making sure that Stephen is happy and well adjusted is his best protection! I was particularly marked by the James Bulger case that happened when the girls were small, and after felt that it would be impossible to educate for that sort of situation, so I sort of gave up!

Snowy: What a good point you make about making sure kids aren’t so wanting for emotional comfort that they’ll turn to anyone.