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Yesterday I got another one of those emails that I typically toss out without reading it through. For some reason this one caught my attention and by the time I was done I was glad I hadn't tossed it. During the many chats, emails, postings etc that I've shared with you all we've mentioned along the way at different times how violence effects us.
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As you and others know they are 3, 8, and 9. NOW is the time to talk to them about drugs, strangers, sex - yes sex!, and another important one - a fire escape route in case theres a fire in the middle of the night. Even with small kids, you can make it seem like a game by having them think hard and draw pictures of your homes with escape routes and a plan of who/what to grab.
Also, I am glad you brought this up, when I was a teen there were 3 different episodes where I was almost abducted. Twice fast thinking helped me escape by shouting NO! (to grab attention) and by running the opposite way the perpetrators were. (They were in a car). The third time I was 17, and in a Safeway with my Grandpa cashing my first paycheck. This guy approached us, thrust his business card in my hand and told me he wanted to make "Home movies" of me. My Grandpa yelled at him to go away. Well after my Mom did some checking around, found out he was a shady guy and he made pornos. Scary.
Anyways, dangers are everywhere, and only thru education and "street smarts" will we survive. :-)
And by the way, ever since that movie "Silence of the Lambs", I am terrified of vans LOL
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Well he drove slowly next to me, was trying to talk to me saying he will give me a ride home. I ignored him and was scared. I rode past a school, then a creek afraid he was going to grab me any time, and the first house I came to after the creek, I rode up, dropped my bike and opened the screen door like I lived there. As soon as I opened the screen door he peeled off really fast. I waited a few minutes to make sure he was gone and rode home as fast as I could. I never stayed out that late again.
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Silence of the lambs freaked me out too! LOL
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Hell thats good advice, never assume anything :-)
Yeah that movie...thats Brians fav movie of all time! He would watch it at least once a week until our vcr broke. lol
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Oh ya, I love those ones that say not my kid. Meanwhile it's their little .....child that is the biggest troublemaker on the planet! We just got back from the community center. It's this thing they have at the beginning of the school year and you can go sign your kid up for a bunch of over priced, over competetive sports etc. You should have seen how some of the kids there were behaving! I'd have drifted them right through the wall if they'd been mine! :(
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No havent seen the second one. But we tried, just froze on our dvd
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