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Anyone know of a book
LisaBell said:
On Tue, 1 Jun 2004 22:18:44 EDT, (Beth Kevles) wrote: That said, I have to say that when we play-acted what might happen, what a grown-up might say, the kids believed what they heard most recently and NOT us, the parents. (THey did this when we play-acted a kidnapping scene, too.) In both cases we made it non-scary (successfully, I think) but the real answer is that with young children, you've got to trust your caregiver. The kids aren't really teachable unless you want to truly scare them and make them quite wary of the world. I'm not certain what you mean by "what they heard most recently" but I do think the play acting is good practice, even if they don't do it quite as you wanted. I think that what she means is that kids of that age can be easily persuaded by any adult who seems friendly, no matter how carefully you've practiced. Kids that young may learn to do exactly what you want in practice, but not make the connection between that practice and a real world situation. That point was made pretty clearly by a TV newsmagazine a few years ago that, as I recall, had parents lecture and practice what to do if they saw a handgun (run away, tell an adult), and then left the child alone in a room with a realistic looking fake gun and a hidden camera. Bang! First graders should never be unsupervised, and I'll bet your school agrees and has people watching the kids and watching for unknown adults all the time. I'm sure the school would be happy to discuss your concerns. Please don't teach your kids to be afraid of strangers. It's much more likely that they'll need help from a stranger some day than that they'll be attacked by one. |
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