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I want to keep my kid safe, but this whole situation has me thinking about how much I also want to train her to be a person who does the right thing as an adult.[/quote]

Hindsight is a beautiful thing, but yes, we were just talking about this last night. We do need to raise our kids to step up. Of course, there is a fine line between stepping-up and putting yourselves in harm's way. Very tricky. [/quote]A wonderful sentiment.  And we need to keep reminding ourselves that it is important to stop, think, and then [i]do something[/i]. I think it's a rare person who never hesitates and always speaks up so we have to be aware that it's easy to let the opportunity go by in a moment of weakness.[/quote]

As a kid, I saw my mom take a big personal risk to report her boss, who was harassing on of my mom's assistants.  And my father was beaten badly while trying to help another man who was being attacked by a group of kids who were high on PCP (that's a '70s story for you).  Neither of them every expressed any regret, or even any thought that they could have chosen to act differently.

Who knows how I would act in those situations-I don't think you can know until you are tested, but I hope I would be a good example for my own daughter.[/quote]

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