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OctOct1

(395 posts)
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 07:00 AM Jul 2013

Stranger Danger. What do I tell my kids?

If a strange man is following you in a truck.
1) Do not dart around buildings trying to get away
2) Do not run.
3) Let the man follow you, because the man is doing nothing illegal.
4) All grown men have the right to follow teenage children in car and trucks
5)if the man gets out of the truck and come close to you and seems like he is going to grab you. Do not fight for you life.
6) and also, if you are killed (while fighting for you life) it will be your fault.


I have always told my kids to be watchful of strangers. And I would hope that they would fight for their life. Now, It is open season for creepy guys following kids in cars and snatching kids with little resistance. The new message is...... Don't fight if approached. fear of death will out weigh fear of being snatched
So snatch away creepy guys. We left the door wide open for you.
Sorry, angry mom here with nasty angry sarcasm.

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Stranger Danger. What do I tell my kids? (Original Post) OctOct1 Jul 2013 OP
Use that cell phone to call home for help. gordianot Jul 2013 #1
911 would be more direct. n/t pnwmom Jul 2013 #2
You tell them the non PC truth ceonupe Jul 2013 #3
Tell them to call 911 on their cellphone, and get to a public place ASAP, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #4
Don't ever leave the house again. Myrina Jul 2013 #5

gordianot

(15,245 posts)
1. Use that cell phone to call home for help.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 07:35 AM
Jul 2013

Do not wander around talking on the cell phone while on the street. Not that it is wrong but America is a dangerous place and is becoming more dangerous. You have to be aware of your surroundings at all times. Know who to call for help. Have a plan there are deadly predators out there.

 

ceonupe

(597 posts)
3. You tell them the non PC truth
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 07:44 AM
Jul 2013

1) you will never be considered equal by some and will be considered a criminal just on your existence by others.

2) you must always be better than the rest

3) you must accept your success will be minimized because of your race

4) you must actively work to make those around you not scared people with you mere presence

5) never talk back to the police even if they are treating you wrong

6) expect to always for the profile

7) expect to lose many of your white female friends if you have any when you hit puberty. However expect their parent to encourage relationships/friendships if you are thought to be a blue chip/pro prospect or get in to medical school / professional school later in life.

8) expect to be stopped and frisked and to even spend a little time in the back of a police car while the police checkout your story

9) never run in public

10) always keep your hands visible in the store

11) always kept records or your comings and goings.

12) never keep lots of cash on you.

13) ...... I could go on for ever


14) most importantly never fight a man no matter what he may have a gun and kill you were you stood and pence u are dead nothing can bring you back. (Told to me by my grandfather) the thinking is simple of you win you go to jail if you lose you could still go to jail or be killed.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
4. Tell them to call 911 on their cellphone, and get to a public place ASAP,
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 09:56 AM
Jul 2013

like a gas station or supermarket.

Keep the 911 dispatcher on the line to record what happens, if anything.

Keep it simple, so they will remember it. This is not the time for lengthy discourses on larger issues.

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
5. Don't ever leave the house again.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 10:00 AM
Jul 2013

Home school,
Work from home,
Delivery groceries,
At home birth,
At home death.
Interact with others only thru the intertubes.

Because well, what good can come of people actually meeting and talking to each other?
Why, then, those silly children would realize that they have friends AND enemies of ALL races.
And those silly workers - well, they just might organize!
And political issues might be discussed with common sense, face to face!

This is America - we can't have any of that!!

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