OWN DEFENSE – Blog

Many people don’t think about self defense and kids. We know we want to protect our kids. We teach them to not talk to strangers. We tell them to run away but we don’t teach them how to protect themselves should something where to happen. Kids are very trusting by nature. And they are very curious. Both traits are what can get them into trouble. Children also do not have the instinct to assess a situation as being dangerous. It is up to the parents to teach kids what is a dangerous situation and what isn’t.
As parents we want to protect our children from the moment we are born. We install childproof locks as a form of self defense against the possibility of them hurting themselves. We put nanny cameras in our homes when other people are watching our kids. Another way we can protect our children is by using a remote monitoring device. These are transmitters that are worn by the child and the parent or adult holds the receiver. The transmitters constantly send out a signal that the receiver picks up and if the transmitter goes beyond the allocated range, the receiver sounds an alarm.
One of the best ways to teach your child self defense is not by teaching them how to fight. It is simply planning for the different scenarios that they might encounter when you aren’t with them. Just like with any other part of your child’s life, you want to teach them the right and wrong way to handle a situation. The more your child knows and understands what could happen to them and how, the more they will be able to recognize the situation when it does happen and know how to handle themselves. By running thru different scenarios and how your child should handle them, you are giving them the basic self defense tools they will need to be able to assess the situation.
Every child should know about self defense and how to handle themselves in different situations. Teaching your child about self defense and how to protect themselves isn’t a one time lesson. Every age group will require a different set of techniques and a different set of scenarios to learn. Plan ahead and consider the different areas where your child would be vulnerable. Identify the different techniques that would be best for your child when they are vulnerable. And the best way to protect your child will be to always talk to them about where they are going and when they will be back. The more you know about what is going on in your child’s life, the more you will be able to protect them.