RE: OLAAT - Don't Talk to Strangers - What should we telling our children?
What youve said about your parents having a conversation with you instead of programming it into you by means of instruction is true, but that would only apply if you were mature,and from what you said you were a child. Children dont understand reasoning, cause they are not mentally ready for that, what they understand is instructions. Offcourse these instructions should be given in love.They might not know why they do what they do, but because we have more experience, we can tell them what to do, and when they grow up, we can then explain to them the reasons, still in love . Take for example, explaining to a child why he should not take his younger sisters toy would not stop him from doing that, cause his emotions are stronger than his will to reason, but when you instruct him not to do that, he remembers your instruction when his emotions are rising, and that restrains him.
I don't believe it is true that children don't understand reasoning. I found it totally annoying when the answer to why I should do something or not do something was 'because I'm your father and I've told you too' or 'because I just told you too'. When children understand the reason why then they are more likely to do as you've asked, rather than just giving out orders and commands.
Children are far more intuitive and intelligent than most adults give them credit for.
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Great point you have raised, but dont forget tha we re alking bout children here and not teenagers or adults. Most children of the ages of 2-9 barely do much personal thinking cause our minds are occupied with other stuffs of which play has a huge share. I believe at that stage we should help these children make the right decisions, and if we leave them at the mercy of reasoning, anybody can come and reason with them to do the wrong thing, and because they are not mature enough, they easily fall preyto hose wolves in sheep clothing. Icant remember howmany times i was saved in my childhood by the instructions of my parents, even when those around e wer trying to give me wrong reason to do those evils (imo)
We seem to have a difference in opinion on the maturity of children, and that wasn't the message or point of the post.
The message was for parents and those looking after children to know that children are being used to entice other children into danger.
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Okay, was just stating my own opinion. All the best
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