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I could not hardly believe what he was telling me that we needed to get plastic duct tape and flashlights and water and food and get a room ready hes only 5 no one in our family talks about this stuff only if the kids are outside the school taught him this and my 8 year old granddaughter backed him up I think that they are to young to be burdened with this stuff these are adult problems caused by adults.
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i believe that you are right...kids should enjoy the young years...they'll grow up soon enough :dontknow:
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They maybe young but usually when kids have something to think about or do, it helps them from panicing when adults keep things from them; is worst cuz not knowing will drive little kids crazy. I recall, my husband (RIP2009) telling me about when he was a kid, they'd have emergency exerices in which if they get bombed, they have to crawl under thier desks if at school. Very laugh able cuz no body could survive an atomic bomb even if the desks are made of armor or steel. But that kept the kids from panicing & it became a routine helping them deal with going to school during war time. :thumbsup: :peace: :wave:
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I could not hardly believe what he was telling me that we needed to get plastic duct tape and flashlights and water and food and get a room ready hes only 5 no one in our family talks about this stuff only if the kids are outside the school taught him this and my 8 year old granddaughter backed him up I think that they are to young to be burdened with this stuff these are adult problems caused by adults.
Seems to me you are 100% correct. What I think needs to happen is the Parents need to fight back and tell the school boards - we will not permit our children to learn this type of "education". Let them be children, not future "bomb makers"!!!!!!!
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If a parent wants to tell a child about it then so they should but its NOT up to the school to discuss such matters....especially to a 5 yr old!!!!
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Schools seem to have lost their way in the last decade or so. What ever happened to reading, writing and arithmetic? That's what most parents send their kids to school to learn.
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It probably wouldn't hurt to teach the youngins basic preparedness, but I agree that they shouldn't act like there's an impending apocalypse.
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no, i dont agree. way to young to understand it all.... :peace:
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I can remember going down to my schools bomb shelter yes I am that old and it was very frightening. I think they went to far for five years old but I think my 8 year old might be old enough to start teaching but Im not so sure either... children shouldn't have to worry
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I think to start teaching about preparedness is fine; natural disasters are a fact of life. Paranoia is a different. If if was my kid, I think I would call or email the teacher and ask what's up.
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I have to agree I think at that age kids should be worried about who's got the baseball for the game, or who's house are we going to play dolls at. They are only young once it's way to early to teach them about bombings, wars, etc. There is lots of time to worry about things like that when you are an adult, let them enjoy their youth and be worry free and be kids!
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The children are only 5 years old and do not understand what the grown ups are talking about.And all it will do is scare them. Why can't they just be kids for awhile. Let the adults worry about all this.
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Kids really don't let any of this stuff bother them. It's really just the adults that overthink everything, including this.
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I think 5 and 8 is a little young to expose children to preparing for chemical war fare. I'm surprised the teachers went along with that or promoted it. With children that young it usually only promotes fear because they can't truly understand what's happening. I doubt very much that all schools are doing this. I think you might be the exception.
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While that maybe true we can't always protect a child's innocence out side of the home when their at school, kids talk and seem to be in a hurry to grow up now and days it seems like. :(
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This reminds me of times back in the years when the cold war was heating up and everyone was afraid of a nuclear attack from Russia. Students were afraid they would not live to adulthood, adults were building fallout shelters, etc. Life is always uncertain even when international unrest, accidents, or crime does not hit close to home (if ever anymore), but creating a climate of fear is an uncomfortable way to live. There should be a way to teach preparedness without creating panic. I have found that cultivating a deep faith in God is the best answer, not that bad things do not happen to good people (because they do) but that people can trust God to give them strength to face whatever life throws at them.
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I can't believe anyone would put that type of fear into a 5-year old's mind. It is even worse that things like this happens in the world.
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It probably wouldn't hurt to teach the youngins basic preparedness, but I agree that they shouldn't act like there's an impending apocalypse.
You beat me to it! I agree that emergency preparedness would be ok (esp. if you live somewhere that is prone to a certain type of natural disaster, like we have tornado drills here in the midwest), but not about something so drastic as chemical weapons or other disasters that are just as unlikely to happen. All it does is cause the kids to be afraid without teaching them anything useful.
Actually this may indeed be what they are trying to accomplish... The items listed in the original post are the very same items that the Dept. of Homeland Security has suggested for a "Basic Disaster Supply Kit" (see http://www.ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit (http://www.ready.gov/basic-disaster-supplies-kit)). I wouldn't see this as necessarily a bad thing if they just left it at that. But if they are explicitly saying that this is in case of a chemical weapons attack (or any military / terrorist attack for that matter) then I think they are going a little too far.
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This is totally outrageous this is not the schools job!!! If it makes them prepared and less scared thats not their job and not to a 5 year old. This gets me so worked up when people with authority over kids giving their OPINIONS and VIEWS on kids and telling them like they are facts !!!! Religion and politics are very touchy subjects that should not be taught with any type of opinions only facts and this is so unnecessary. I would complain to the school if I were you!!! They are kids let them enjoy their innocence or let it be up to the children!!!
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I DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY THATS SO MESSED UP :peace: :peace: :peace:
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It could not have been me. If my daughter came in the house at 5 and told me something like that, I would have been at the school making a complaint. I could very well understand it if you told him this, but telling a 5 and an 8 year old something like that gives children the wrong impression. I agree that children should be less worried about something like chemical warfare. Children should not be in the room with an adult bringing up such a delicate subject because they get the wrong understanding and they will go to school and repeat it. When I was going to school, the big thing was sex; now the big thing is a thing like this. I know it was upsetting. ??? ??? ??? :wave:
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As parents, we need to teach our children about basic stuff in the house. I believe the more knowledge they have; the less accidents we can avoid. Other stuff about hard chemicals; no.
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his parents did call the school and protest but no word on what will happen next year they have also talked to him about what the school told him