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Biggest Threat To Safety & Well Being Of Your Children

The biggest threat to my kids is/are:

  • "Straight" kids their own age

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • "Gay" kids their own age

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • "Straight" adults they're in contact with

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • "Gay" adults they're in contact with

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Family members & relatives

    Votes: 5 33.3%

  • Total strangers

    Votes: 8 53.3%
  • Total voters
    15
Ray410 said:
What do schools and the Boy Scouts have in common that you homosexuals are so eager to be a part of? We don't see that eagerness with regard to other large organizations such as the Kiwanis or Elks, it's always the schools and the Boy Scouts.
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I'm not gay. Don't make assumptions based on ignorance. It really reflects who you truly are.
 
Dragonfly said:
Of these things listed in the poll, which one do you think is the biggest threat to the safety and well being of your kids, grand kids, or children that are close relatives to you?
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I don't like any of the poll options.


I consider almost everyone a threat, so the point is kinda moot for me.
 
Goshin said:
I don't like any of the poll options.


I consider almost everyone a threat, so the point is kinda moot for me.
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Do you have kids?

If not, I'd suggest you don't. Living in fear everyday would be a horrible existence.
 
The real answer is "you are". Because you are a bad parent. Because almost everyone is a bad parent. Because you will invariably set bad examples for your children, you will pass on your dangerous prejudices, and you will teach them things that will make their lives harder on them. Fortunately, everyone also has the ability to shake off the mistakes their parents made and learn better for themselves. And then go and make all new ones for their own kids.

Parents, especially American parents, need to learn some humility.
 
Paschendale said:
The real answer is "you are". Because you are a bad parent. Because almost everyone is a bad parent. Because you will invariably set bad examples for your children, you will pass on your dangerous prejudices, and you will teach them things that will make their lives harder on them. Fortunately, everyone also has the ability to shake off the mistakes their parents made and learn better for themselves. And then go and make all new ones for their own kids.

Parents, especially American parents, need to learn some humility.
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Wouldn't that fall under "Family member & relatives"?
 
Dragonfly said:
Do you have kids?

If not, I'd suggest you don't. Living in fear everyday would be a horrible existence.
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You've been here since 07 and don't know I'm a single parent, with a 17yo son I've been raising alone since he was a toddler?

He'd be mighty amused to hear you characterize our lifestyle as "living in fear everyday", I'm sure.


You must have known that if you've been here since 07... so why exactly did you want to go out of your way to insult my parenting? Feeling testy and wanting to take it out on someone from the safe anonymity of the Interwebz?
 
The biggest threat to the safety and wellbeing of children is parents who fail to teach them, listen to them, play with them, challenge them, dare them, and just plain be with them as they grow and become adults. Everything else is just part of learning to deal with circumstances.
 
Goshin said:
You've been here since 07 and don't know I'm a single parent, with a 17yo son I've been raising alone since he was a toddler?

He'd be mighty amused to hear you characterize our lifestyle as "living in fear everyday", I'm sure.


You must have known that if you've been here since 07... so why exactly did you want to go out of your way to insult my parenting? Feeling testy and wanting to take it out on someone from the safe anonymity of the Interwebz?
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Actually no, I know very little to nothing about you. I have my own life to fight through and my own issues to deal with. Following you and yours is not part of my daily plans. Sorry to disappoint. I also did not post much here for a few years straight.


What do you mean by "I consider almost everyone a threat" then?

A threat means something to fear. If everyone, or almost everyone is a threat, then how can you let your kid go to school? How can you let your kid drive a car, go on a date, play sports, hang out with friends, go to church, or just take a walk in a public park?

Or, are you dramatically over-simplifying your real thoughts on the subject?
 
Picked total strangers -- "stranger danger".

In reality, any one of those choices has individuals who could be a threat to your child.
 
CanadaJohn said:
The biggest threat to the safety and wellbeing of children is parents who fail to teach them, listen to them, play with them, challenge them, dare them, and just plain be with them as they grow and become adults. Everything else is just part of learning to deal with circumstances.
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So another vote for "family & relatives" ?
 
Van Basten said:
Picked total strangers -- "stranger danger".

In reality, any one of those choices has individuals who could be a threat to your child.
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Yes - but I'm asking what YOU fear the most? What do YOU perceive is the "biggest" threat to YOUR kids.

That's the question.
 
Dragonfly said:
Yes - but I'm asking what YOU fear the most? What do YOU perceive is the "biggest" threat to YOUR kids.

That's the question.
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I know and answered accordingly. I just said total strangers, that was my pick of the poll choices.
 
Dragonfly said:
Actually no, I know very little to nothing about you. I have my own life to fight through and my own issues to deal with. Following you and yours is not part of my daily plans. Sorry to disappoint. I also did not post much here for a few years straight.


What do you mean by "I consider almost everyone a threat" then?

A threat means something to fear. If everyone, or almost everyone is a threat, then how can you let your kid go to school? How can you let your kid drive a car, go on a date, play sports, hang out with friends, go to church, or just take a walk in a public park?

Or, are you dramatically over-simplifying your real thoughts on the subject?
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:shrug: Fair enough, though it is common knowlege.

Yes, I am simplifying a little. I don't write a book on my philosophy of life everytime I answer a post.

But since you want clarification, clarification you shall have.


Threat does not equal fear. That's a good place to start. Threats are not to be feared, but dealt with.

Everyone is a potential threat until you know they are not. You have no idea who is a thug or child molester and who is trustworthy, until their actions reveal their intentions, until time-in-contact reveals their character. Trust is earned, never given.

Everyone that approaches you wants something... don't trust them until you know what it is, and be aware that their first stated reason is often a lie. What they want may be innocent enough... a moment of your time, some company and conversation for a short while... or they may want to con you, use you, or victimize you... or worst of all, they may want to sell you Life Insurance. :eek: :lamo

Fear no one but keep an eye on anyone whose trustworthiness has not been thoroughly proven.
 
CanadaJohn said:
The biggest threat to the safety and wellbeing of children is parents who fail to teach them, listen to them, play with them, challenge them, dare them, and just plain be with them as they grow and become adults. Everything else is just part of learning to deal with circumstances.
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Good afternoon, CJ.

Excellent!

I think that might be one reason that some join gangs....for a feeling of being important to someone...anyone.
 
CanadaJohn said:
The biggest threat to the safety and wellbeing of children is parents who fail to teach them, listen to them, play with them, challenge them, dare them, and just plain be with them as they grow and become adults. Everything else is just part of learning to deal with circumstances.
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Well put CJ.
 
Goshin said:
:shrug: Fair enough, though it is common knowlege.

Yes, I am simplifying a little. I don't write a book on my philosophy of life everytime I answer a post.

But since you want clarification, clarification you shall have.


Threat does not equal fear. That's a good place to start. Threats are not to be feared, but dealt with.

Everyone is a potential threat until you know they are not. You have no idea who is a thug or child molester and who is trustworthy, until their actions reveal their intentions, until time-in-contact reveals their character. Trust is earned, never given.

Everyone that approaches you wants something... don't trust them until you know what it is, and be aware that their first stated reason is often a lie. What they want may be innocent enough... a moment of your time, some company and conversation for a short while... or they may want to con you, use you, or victimize you... or worst of all, they may want to sell you Life Insurance. :eek: :lamo

Fear no one but keep an eye on anyone whose trustworthiness has not been thoroughly proven.
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It might be safe to say that we differ on our definitions of the word "threat".

I can live with that.
 
Dragonfly said:
Of these things listed in the poll, which one do you think is the biggest threat to the safety and well being of your kids, grand kids, or children that are close relatives to you?
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Statistically, "friends and family" (though only because "drivers" isn't on your list).

I think this is an entirely counter-productive, even dangerous way to approach the issue though. The actual risk from any given random individual is so small (because the vast majority of people aren't child abusers) as to make the difference between the risks from different random individuals so small as to be irrelevant. Having greater fear of any group of individuals (other than "convicted child abusers" obviously) is ridiculous and only risks distracting you from actual dangerous individuals not in that group or more sensible general measures to protect children.

The whole thing of "Stranger Danger" distracting from the abuse of children in their own homes is a classic example of that and it would be disappointing if all we did as a society is replace strangers with some other amorphous group.
 
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