Thank you Steamboat and Andy. I'm glad I learned this lesson though.AndyC wrote:You were aware and didn't over-react, that's all.CHLLady wrote:What bothered me is that I didn't move, as my level of concern was rising, I didn't grab my daughter and distance us. I just watched him.
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- Mon Oct 06, 2014 9:03 pm
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- Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:59 pm
- Forum: Never Again!!
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What bothered me is that I didn't move, as my level of concern was rising, I didn't grab my daughter and distance us. I just watched him.
Healthinsp-- I talk to my kids while we are in the car. It's the best time for me to have their undivided attention and I have them trapped! Lol. We listen to talk radio and discuss world events. We let them share their thoughts. My kids are military brats, they are used to being more aware of their surroundings due to living overseas all their lives. I told my kids that it is our job to give them a good foundation of understanding political issues, so that when they go to college and hear their liberal professors they will be able to recognize it for what it is.
Healthinsp-- I talk to my kids while we are in the car. It's the best time for me to have their undivided attention and I have them trapped! Lol. We listen to talk radio and discuss world events. We let them share their thoughts. My kids are military brats, they are used to being more aware of their surroundings due to living overseas all their lives. I told my kids that it is our job to give them a good foundation of understanding political issues, so that when they go to college and hear their liberal professors they will be able to recognize it for what it is.
- Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:58 pm
- Forum: Never Again!!
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Did not react as I should have.
Last night I was in an electronic store stuck waiting behind a couple buying a phone contract taking foreverrrr. As I stood there my youngest was to the left of me looking at something while we waited. My SA alarm bells started rising when a young punk looking teenager walked in looking around, walked down the middle of the store reversed steps and walked back to the middle of the store and stopped facing us. It looked as if he was about to say something when another couple walked into the store, he closed his mouth and walked straight back out. My daughter and I looked at each other and I stayed put, keeping an eye out if he came back. (Yes, I was carrying.). The thing that stood out was, who was he about to speak to? The clerk was busily helping the cell phone couple and wasn't even facing him. And initially, following his eyes, he was looking at people as he came in, not for a specific electronic item. KWIM?
My never again is that I will not continue to stay put, I will grab my daughter and maneuver us to a safer position, as we were away from the exit.
But on a positive note, my daughter said to me, "Can we hurry up, I don't feel safe here!" And my teenage son had been keeping an eye out from the car outside and he said he watched him like a hawk going in and leaving. Ah, it's so satisfying when my young grasshoppers have learned the ways of situational awareness.
My never again is that I will not continue to stay put, I will grab my daughter and maneuver us to a safer position, as we were away from the exit.
But on a positive note, my daughter said to me, "Can we hurry up, I don't feel safe here!" And my teenage son had been keeping an eye out from the car outside and he said he watched him like a hawk going in and leaving. Ah, it's so satisfying when my young grasshoppers have learned the ways of situational awareness.