Sometimes I think of myself as a WAY OVER PROTECTIVE MOM,
But I know that I am not the only one out there.
I try not to keep my kids sheltered from the world because I believe
it will only hurt them in the long run.
I am OCD as a lot of you know, sometimes I take things to the EXTREME,
and when I have something on my mind it stays there for a long
time. The other day Jeff and I were talking to our kids about guns
and gun safety , recently a girl at my nieces high school was shot and killed
by someone who thought the gun was not loaded. It just scares me SO BAD to think
that my kids are getting old enough that they will be spending more time at
friends house and getting in situations that they might question.
I don't want them to be scared of guns (I have always said that I HATE guns and don't ever want one in our house, Jeff on the other hand already has the one picked out that he is going to buy)
but they do have to realize that
it is not just them I worry about but also the people that
they will be around or with.
Cameron (11 yrs.) said " Mom I am not stupid I know not to play with guns",
but accidents happen everyday. Jeff thinks that I am obessing about this and
said you are probably more than likely to get in a car accident then
get accidently shot, I know that but it still makes me crazy because
I know that I can not be around my kids 24/7 and they have to learn from mistakes and make decisions on their own.
I guess all we can do is hope and pray that we raise them right!
All I have to say is make sure you LOVE your kids and say
I LOVE YOU EVERYDAY to THEM!!!!
But I know that I am not the only one out there.
I try not to keep my kids sheltered from the world because I believe
it will only hurt them in the long run.
I am OCD as a lot of you know, sometimes I take things to the EXTREME,
and when I have something on my mind it stays there for a long
time. The other day Jeff and I were talking to our kids about guns
and gun safety , recently a girl at my nieces high school was shot and killed
by someone who thought the gun was not loaded. It just scares me SO BAD to think
that my kids are getting old enough that they will be spending more time at
friends house and getting in situations that they might question.
I don't want them to be scared of guns (I have always said that I HATE guns and don't ever want one in our house, Jeff on the other hand already has the one picked out that he is going to buy)
but they do have to realize that
it is not just them I worry about but also the people that
they will be around or with.
Cameron (11 yrs.) said " Mom I am not stupid I know not to play with guns",
but accidents happen everyday. Jeff thinks that I am obessing about this and
said you are probably more than likely to get in a car accident then
get accidently shot, I know that but it still makes me crazy because
I know that I can not be around my kids 24/7 and they have to learn from mistakes and make decisions on their own.
I guess all we can do is hope and pray that we raise them right!
All I have to say is make sure you LOVE your kids and say
I LOVE YOU EVERYDAY to THEM!!!!
4 comments:
I totally agree with you. I am so scared of guns also and Dave has been talking about getting one too. I think as mom's we think of every little thing that could happen to our kids and it freaks us out.
oh jill, my thoughts exactly!! its so hard to let go!
Meg
I KNOW!!!! And there but for the grace of God go any single one of us. That could have been my daughter or my son. How many of us have ever done anything stupid?? I'm just heartsick about the whole thing.
Jill,
I was the SAME way!! But, Albert insisted that I become familiar with guns. Now, looking back, I think the fear that I had was really just not knowing what to do with one. Not only did he make me learn about them, our kids have, too. Not just talking about it either. The girls have actually fired guns and know how powerful and dangerous guns are. I think that takes away any curiosity about it. Yeah, you can't control what happens when they are not with you, but at least you have taught them and they aren't trying to figure things out on their own (that goes for just about everything "taboo"). That's my advice, anyway. You're a good mamma!! Let's hang out!!
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