It's that time of year. My daughter started her first day at playschool today and I'm so happy and proud!
But at the back of my mind I'm wondering about stranger danger.
I totally don't agree with teaching children Stranger Danger. The very term is scary, and created musically to reenforce fear through it's rhyme and rhythm.
And I don't believe in teaching anyone through fear.
Yet there is danger in the world.
What is my own attitude to dangerous people?
Well I believe that the more we trust other people and trust humanity, the more we will attract nice people to us and pleasant situations.
I believe that everyone has a seed of good inside them and that if we look for that seed of good when we're talking to or communicating with someone, we will always find it.
Eye contact is important here and loving, trusting and smiling.
It's easy to have faith in that philosophy myself as I know how to run and shout for help if things did ever get sticky.
Maybe we all have to learn stranger danger before we learn to trust others again?
Eek.
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