“But what’s so great about it”, my son asked when he heard
me talking about a lady who single-handedly faced up to a mob, and got them to
calm down before they had a chance to turn violent. “If she was a hero, she
would have beaten up those people, wouldn’t she?”
Like so many others, she could have chosen to distance
herself from the scene. Instead, she did what she knew was right. But how do
you explain to a child that standing up for what you believe in sometimes takes
far more courage than bashing up villans does.
3 comments:
Not sure you really can teach them, only guide them to the conclusion by constant exposure to these types of examples.
Natasha - It's sadly true that a lot of children think that "beating up the bad guy" makes one a hero. It took so much more strength for that woman to face up against the mob than it does to beat someone up...
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