Stranger Saviors

I am doing a self-defense seminar for kids at an elementary school. I do this all the time, but a few years ago, things went totally off when;

A kid asked me, as a very matter fact

If I call for help, won’t that bring another stranger?

Boom! Moment of clarity…

That question was

For me,

A defining point I realized

What we are teaching is WRONG

Kid logic is simple

There is no grey

There is only black and white…

It just is….

I looked at her…

And everything changed

In that moment I totally understood

Never worry about the Stranger…

Call the Saviors…

In that moment, everything changed

I stopped looking at the evil

I started looking at the good

Evil exists

But the vast majority is not only good

They are saviors

They will come to someone else’s aid

They look at every child as their own

They are people that will do the right thing

No matter what

No matter how

No matter what the consequences

No matter the outcome

We care for our own

Even if they aren’t ours

We will, as parents, do what is right

For any kid in dire need

It suddenly changed everything.

In one innocent question

Everything I taught washed away

Everything changed….

I no longer teach Stranger Danger…

I now teach, STANGER SAVIOR

When you yell…

When you call for help…

When you are afraid….

Remember….

Another MOM is near

Another DAD is near

The POLICEMAN is near

The FIREFIGHTER is near

The GRANDMA is there

The GRANDPA is there

The TEACHER is there

There is SOMEONE THERE

Every one of them will help you

Every one of them will assist you

Every one of them will call for assistance

Every of them will DIE for you

There is far more good in the world than bad

CALL ON THE GOOD

The good will come

Every time

All the time

The good will come

It will come without question

It will come to protect you

It will come and ask questions later

And if necessary, without mercy

Don’t be afraid of strangers

Call upon

THE SAVIORS