Teaching Moment
I was upstairs in the bathroom, my two boys, 4 and 6yo, were downstairs playing, when I heard a man’s voice saying something to them about donuts.
I raced down the stairs to see my dear friend John K handing a bag of Sarah Jane’s donuts to my younger, Guppy.
So, a friend, and we’d left the front door unlocked.
“What would you have done if it had been a stranger?” I asked the boys.
“Ignored him?” asked 6yo Drake.
“I don’t know,” whispered Guppy, with his hand aside his mouth, even though I was across the room.
“Not quite,” I said. “Try again.”
“Kung Fu skills?” asked Drake.
I bent over laughing. The kid really enjoyed Kung Fu Panda recently.
“Not quite,” I said again once I recovered. “How about yelling, ‘Mom! Help! Strange man! Or you could call 911.”
“Or press the button on the alarm box,” said Drake.
“Exactly,” I said.
Then a friend of mine linked to this article on teaching kids about strangers. I’ll do a follow-up lesson later today.
I’m not sure how to break it to Drake that he doesn’t really know kung fu, though.
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:46 am
hilarious.
KUNG FU SKILLS! I WILL USE THEM!
May 10th, 2010 at 8:07 am
I loved this, as did my husband. MAD KUNG FU SKILZ. Maybe let him watch a little Chuck?