It’s that time again. The kids are heading back to school and some moms and dads are having mixed emotions as their sons and daughters head off to what awaits them in high school or college.
Along with the pride that fills a parents heart there is also fear. It was hard enough keeping them safe and secure through elementary school, but high school is another story all together, and watching them leave home for college is a cause for even more concern.
Educating kids in ways to identify and avoid potentially dangerous people, places and situations should be part of every child’s education.
This weekend, I will be leading workshops in personal safety and self-defense at North Park University, for their incoming freshmen. The workshops will focus on helping students increase their personal and situation awareness, and when absolutely necessary, physically defend themselves.
One way to improve your awareness is to educate yourself about ways to avoid becoming a victim in your new environment, whether it is high school, college, or the work place. As part of the personal safety and self-defense workshops scheduled this weekend I will post popular self-defense articles from the past as well as a few new ones everyday.
This is the first one: Beware of predators using boundary-lowering tactics!
