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Parent seeking advice how to discuss gun issue with friend’s parents, concerned with son going over to their house, good family, do not want to offend them
If your child gets bitten by a large dog and it leaves a scar on the child's face, don't tell me that you will not have a heightened sense of threat whenever there is a large dog around your child.
If your child gets approached by a man in a washroom asking for favors don't tell me that you won't have a heightened sense of danger every time your child needs to use a public washroom.
If a ER calls you telling that your child is in there because of this ..... accident, don't tell me you won't have a heightened awareness of the cause of the accident in future.
You will be PAST theoretizing of the POTENTIAL danger.
Reading about this woman's first-hand experience (shooting death, no less) and keeping to chuckle about stairs and slippery floors and other trivial "dangers" - well,...
If your child gets approached by a man in a washroom asking for favors don't tell me that you won't have a heightened sense of danger every time your child needs to use a public washroom.
I believe it is irresponsible to let a young child use a public restroom without your supervision/presence in the same restroom. Then again, maybe that's just me.
If your child gets bitten by a large dog and it leaves a scar on the child's face, don't tell me that you will not have a heightened sense of threat whenever there is a large dog around your child.
If your child gets approached by a man in a washroom asking for favors don't tell me that you won't have a heightened sense of danger every time your child needs to use a public washroom.
If a ER calls you telling that your child is in there because of this ..... accident, don't tell me you won't have a heightened awareness of the cause of the accident in future.
You will be PAST theoretizing of the POTENTIAL danger.
Reading about this woman's first-hand experience (shooting death, no less) and keeping to chuckle about stairs and slippery floors and other trivial "dangers" - well,...
I know people who have been in combat during wars who are less paranoid and absurd about otherwise normal life situations than the OP.
I believe it is irresponsible to let a young child use a public restroom without your supervision/presence in the same restroom. Then again, maybe that's just me.
We've had this explosive thread about public washrooms, and believe me, I don't want to go there.
Just a single example: a mother with a 9-10-13 year old boy won't go to a men's washroom, and the boy is past visiting women washrooms.
Nope, they are not. And I'm speaking from experience. They may SEEM normal, but you don't know what's going inside of them.
No, they ARE handling it better. They tell me about the tough times and some of the stuff they wind up doing, but they don't bring it into all aspects of their life and in how they deal with their friends. Some people can hack it, others are not able to hack it. Either you're a hacker or a non-hacker, that's how it goes.
It's a matter of if you trust those parents to have their guns safely stored away. In my opinion that is: in a gun safe that the child DOES NOT have access to, period.
We have lots of guns in our house, Mainly because my DH is in law enforcement. It's not something we can avoid. HOWEVER, we can avoid being careless. We have two gun safes, and are at this very moment, doing a remodel that will hold a very large gun safe to put all the guns, ammo, etc.
As it is we have the safes in our locked bedroom for the guns, the ammo and the rest of his gear on a separate room that is locked and the kids do not have access to...ever.
No, they ARE handling it better. They tell me about the tough times and some of the stuff they wind up doing, but they don't bring it into all aspects of their life and in how they deal with their friends. Some people can hack it, others are not able to hack it. Either you're a hacker or a non-hacker, that's how it goes.
I agree people handle it differently (people handle any stresses differently). I live with a "hacker", as you say. Thanks God.
However, these dangers concern children, and hacking/non-hacking doesn't really apply here when you are responsible for young life.
Nope, they are not. And I'm speaking from experience. They may SEEM normal, but you don't know what's going inside of them.
How can you speak for everybody? I've known men who have been through absolutely nightmarish experiences in combat, and never allow it to take control of them. They lead normal lives with families and everything. It's all in where you put it, in your past, or keep it in your present and your future.
I agree people handle it differently (people handle any stresses differently). I live with a "hacker", as you say. Thanks God.
However, these dangers concern children, and hacking/non-hacking doesn't really apply here when you are responsible for young life.
It does apply. People who have been to hell and back are still capable of raising healthy, normal, happy kids without being overprotective and paranoid.
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