KT

>
>
>I kinda fear the Dodd jokes because I kinda fear crazy people and I'm afraid
>they'll trigger someone's... well.... craziness.
>
>On the other hand, if they're already ready to jump all over me for something
>that exists mostly in their own heads...
>

Yeah, I was thinking the other day that there really aren't any more
crackpots around than there were before the Internet.

The Internet just makes it possible for them to find each other and
organize. lol.

Tuck

KT

>
>
>About the address and 'phone number. I think everyone agrees for safety
>reasons kids need to know these, but young unschoolers are always with a
>parent. At these ages, they probably can't even be at the public pool
>without a parent, so from the parent's perspective, short of abduction,
>these kids won't be in a situation where they need to find their way home
>by themselves. And let's face it, how many abducted kids get the chance
>to 'phone home? Knowing address and 'phone number can't keep kids safe
>from bad guys. Good guys would look it up for a kid. This is one more
>thing someone else says is important, and we all jump on. When our kids
>are out by themselves, then yes, it's good to know, but at young ages,
>when they're always with a parent?
>

We do a lot of travelling, just Will and I. It has occurred to me at
certain times that he didn't know his own parent's full names, or our
phone number, or he knew it once and and we moved or whatever.

So I'm thinking that when just the two of us are out hoboing around,
turning down the wrong street in Chicago or whatever, and I happened to
get my purse snatched or I get mugged and knocked unconscious and he's
there with me but I'm incapacitated somehow...it would be very useful if
he knew all the pertinent information to get us help and help the
rescuers help us. My name, Dad's name, his own full name (names are not
an issue now that he's 8), our phone number including area code, our
address, our city, what hotel we're staying in, the room number, Dad's
cell phone number, the name of the company he works for, his
grandparents names and the cities in which they live, yada, yada. All
very useful information in that situation. And he knows most of it
without even having to be "taught". But like the kids quizzed by
grandma, he might not be so willing to fork over that information to a
rescuer, if it hasn't been specifically discussed about why he would
want to do so.

So, occasionally we go over it. It's good airplane or train
conversation, done casually and not worriedly. We put phone numbers and
addresses to music, and that helps him remember.

Tuck

Sharon Rudd

>
> So, occasionally we go over it. It's good airplane
> or train
> conversation, done casually and not worriedly. We
> put phone numbers and
> addresses to music, and that helps him remember.
>
> Tuck


Roy learned his to the Zoom address music :-)
Sharon of the Swamp

__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com