I've been thinking a lot today about how we protect our children. The was prompted partly by A Child in our Time last week, when a little girl said she couldn't go to the shop alone "because there would be no one to guard me" and partly by a long thread on here about what 7 year olds could or couldn't do.
Is it possible that the rise in teenagers carrying knives "for protection" (that's what they always say if asked why they carry them) is caused by us telling them from an early age that the world is a dangerous place full of "strangers" and unknown perils, and they are only safe when they are in our sight. It seems logical, in a strange sort of way that a child with this mind set would think they needed something to defend themselves with when out on their own.
What does anyone else think?
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Children and knives - is this an intuitive leap too far?
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seeker · 27/05/2008 19:35
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