Read in the news today about an 11 year old Boy Scout in Utah that got lost in the wilderness for 4 days. He did a good job surviving. However, he hid from rescuers trying to find him because he was trained to never talk to strangers.
That is sad. It is very sad that we are so afraid that we train our children to assume that EVERY person out there means us harm. Yes, there are monsters out there. But they, on the whole, far and few between.
I don't have kids. But I don't think that I would want to raise one to be fearful. There is of course common sense. But you have to let me grow up. They have to take some risks. Otherwise, what do they become? Afraid of everything?
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Isn't it amazing that none of us were "bothered" by strangers while on the boat. We talked to ALL kinds of strangers and had no fear that I recall.
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