Two years ago, we attended a seminar at our son’s school
dealing with child safety – it wasn’t about car seats. It was about building in measures to
protect your kids from child abusers of every variety.
The speaker had all kinds of good measures to take – know
who is with your kids, pay attention to the uh-oh feeling you get, teach kids
never to keep secrets from Mom and Dad – but interestingly, she said one of the
strongest safeguards for kids is a strong sense of family and value. Abusers often target the fringe kids
who respond instantly to attention/affection because they don’t get it at home.
So that’s a pretty extreme possibility; most likely, my kids
will face a world view at school that is different from what we believe. I needed to be reminded today that I
can’t be in reaction mode all the time; I must be purposeful about teaching my
kids who they are in Christ.
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