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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"street smarts" to me is about trusting your gut and avoiding potentially unsafe situations and conflict.  It's about walking down a sidewalk where a mentally ill person might be ranting, but it's also about navigating creeps on the playground or a potential sexual predator who they know.  It's about being confident, knowing boundaries, and also knowing how to navigate slight penetrations of boundaries without shutting down or panicking.

OP you have clearly built a life that attempts to scrub all signs of discomfort from your kid's life, but at least make sure you're teaching them out to speak up for themselves, how to say no and walk away, etc.[/quote]

I agree with this. This is what street smarts are. Having a black coach doesn’t really have anything to do with street smarts. My kids have black teachers, friends, coaches, doctors, and their dentist. That is just what color they are, we didn’t pick them based on their skin and wouldn’t continue in a sport for that reason. Even if you live in a suburb , you probably travel. My kids have been yelled at when we were getting on the subway in nyc , people who’ve appeared unhoused and mentally ill yelling at us outside of parking garages when we’ve gone to a museum, people who knock on our car windows asking for money when we’re stopped in traffic. Or people asking/yelling for money just sitting on the sidewalk. I think going to any major city is a lesson in street smarts. [/quote]

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