In today’s society, we must all be very aware, one prime example of this is a 12-year-old boy called Duncan, he was walking home from his cousin’s house and a man, who drove by in his car, tried to snatch the boy, right off the street! It’s the worse nightmare of all parents, a terrible and grave thing when a stranger attempted to get Duncan to come closer with the promise of candy! He really was not prepared for Duncan’s awfully clever trick, one that taught the guy a real lesson that he would not easily forget!!

People that linger around schools and on the streets near schools and on school runs are not a new thing at all, sadly, trying to capture children, but parents are educating children against how to cope with these situations for a good long time now. When this 12-year-old, Duncan, was on his way home, walking, going from his cousin’s house to his home, he felt very anxious as he passed a car that was stationary because it had a guy in the car that looked suspicious. The guy would roll down his window and, according to the news channel, he shouted:

“Hey kid, do you want some candy?”

Not suspicious at all right? Well, Duncan was on to it….. He straight away gave a very firm and defiant ‘No’ to the question, but the stranger did not want to simply give up there! THe guy then stepped out of the car, walked towards the boy and apparently grabbed him by the shirt!

Duncan retaliated though, he tried to drag Duncan into his car, it was then that the boy, only 12-years-young did a completely awesome trick his parents taught him to do.

Duncan held a keyring tight, in between his knuckles like he remembered his parents showed him, and as the stranger turned his face he punched him with that hand. The guy dropped in pain and shock, it was just the time duncan needed to run to a park and hide behind some rocks there, then he saw the guy drive off! Dad Jerry said:

“There’s 1,000 different scenarios that could have gone differently”

“One little thing could have gone wrong and be a different story. We don’t even want to think about.”

Share this story with everyone you know, it could save even more children and hepk parents to educate their children, it could be the impetus to take action for their children! Stay safe and stay vigilant too!

That very first day of school is pretty scary for most kids, maybe also a little exciting for some too, but not knowing what will happen and what’s in store for you on that first day can be enough to freak any kid out, even the confident kids! Getting to school has its challenges too, are they going by public transport that is, it’s a huge issue for one little 11-year-old boy who had his first day at a high school that was a real disaster for him. Another boy, called Tom O’Brien, 15-years-old, was on going home after the first day back at Holy Family Catholic School, in Liverpool, in England. He asked was asking other younger boys on the same bus how their first day at school went for them at their new school. One boy, called Alex Furlong, had spent a nervous but exciting first day at the Holy Family School. Tom was a thoughtful boy and he had not forgotten how that first-day experience felt, and in turn wanted to see that the younger boys were all ok about their first day, what a nice boy! Tom was with two of his friends too, and they saw a boy, 11-year-old, that was crying at the back of the bus, Tom went to ask what was wrong? He said that he’d got on the wrong bus and that he was heading away from home without a clue how to possibly get hole now.

Tom together with his friends knew that they had to help the boy, they got off the bus at the next stop with him and called him a cab, they even offered to pay for his journey home! The local newspaper said that the cab driver didn’t charge the boy, he dropped the cash back off at school for Tom, yet another great guy!

“Faith in humanity restored a little today”

Alex was so happy and enthused about his day, the older boy Tom really was his hero, he just met him but already the older boy left a great impression on him. His mom was really so impressed with Tom and his friends that she went straight to Facebook to write about it! Tom’s sister saw the post and knew it was her brother Tom, she said: “Ahhh everyone it was my little brother. I’ve just been tagged in this by a friend of mine who’s seen this status. We are so proud of Tom and it’s so lovely to know he’s a good lad in the outside world”

“What a wonderful young man Tom is and such a great example to these new students at his school.” Please do pass this on and share it with your friends and family too, what a wonderful example to show and inspire others with!

We all remember some part of our childhood, and most of us and our siblings were not so easy to keep an eye on for sure, we wanted to run and explore, all over the place…. The babysitter really struggled too, but this is a quite common occurrence for sure, but at the grocery store that is another thing again, running up and down the aisles… There have been occasions children are lost while doing the grocery shopping, and children a little older that can’t be found, could well be assumed to have gone home, where else could you look for them? Times like these strangers often feel our pain and offer to help us, the elderly and wise among us are very often to the most sympathetic and eager to help us. It’s a hard situation to be in, but when we look at the situation for mom Amanda Cropsey Florcyzkowski, of Texas, USA it’s even harder and quite scary! This mom Amanda, in February 2016, was in a supermarket doing her grocery shopping with her little two-year-old daughter, then quite suddenly, heard the words “Say bye to mommy”… This chilling experience rocked her to the core, the fear ran through her bone like shooting pain, its tankful she heard and realized what those words meant! She reckons that the man and the woman stood at the checkout the ones who looked quite normal, had sinister plans to kidnap her daughter, and take her away! We feel so relieved that the mom was a super mom, to realize that her family was about to be victims in a sinister crime. It was only September 24, of 2018 that Texas was hit by another similar incident, where a mother was out shopping with her four-year-old daughter too. Mom tried like all parent do to keep her eye on her daughter all the time, but just two seconds is all it takes for her to be taken that fast… The police reported that a man and a woman tried to take the girl out of her mom’s shopping cart, thankfully a store employee saw what was going on and stepped in! The couple slunk away and were not to be seen again… Thankfully the little one escaped with no injuries, but of course, the police are actively investigating the incident! Sometimes it’s almost impossible not to take your eyes off the children for a second or two and really sadly there are some who watch us for these opportune moments to pounce and make their move. The key here is to educate children as to the real dangers around them, and what to do in those cases, about strangers and how to react…

SCREAM, SCRATCH, KICK, PUNCH, SHOUT – HELP ME!

They really do have to fight for their lives because they well could actually be fighting for their lives if they were to be taken, who knows what awaits them?

It was truly fortunate that one mom was saved by a really observant shop assistant, thank god there are some good people in the world! Please do share this story on Facebook with friends and family make them all aware of the risks that come with child abduction and trafficking. We really do need to teach our children and achieve a brighter future together!

The constant argument, even some would call debate about the controversy of teachers giving out homework has been ongoing for quite a long time now. There are some that think it’s not fair at all, giving more work to children to complete at home when they should be relaxing. Whilst some others think it’s completely essential to give this work to children, and that for the education of the child this extra work really solidifies their knowledge and it’s essential to have it! This might well be an argument that is not really gaining traction in a big way, but it has for sure started to gain new heights. Another teacher has been fired because they did not give credits to students that did not finish a homework assignment they had been given. According to the news channels Diana Tirado was fired and her contract terminated for not giving the kids 50% when they didn’t finish a task she said they had to do. Dianna said:

“Teaching is a calling for me.”

When she began her teaching career and started teaching at West Gate in Port Saint Lucie last month, that what she believed. She set the kids that were in her class project with an explorer notebook, many of the students did not submit the work. It was a really hard lesson to learn, she describes it as the school’s ‘no zero policy’ reflected in the student and parent handbook.

Dianna said:

“But what if they don’t turn it in, and they say we’ll give them a 50. Oh no we don’t”

She was fired for this on 14 September, but still, there is no clause in the letter to say why because she is still in her probationary period of employment. The very last day of school for her she wrote a message to all the students on her class whiteboard, this is what it said:

“Mrs. Tirado loves you and wishes you the best in life! I have been fired for refusing to give you a 50% for not handing anything in.”

She also put the image on Facebook, where, unsurprisingly, it’s been getting more and more traction as people start to react and with how many people consider it unfair dismissal! Dianna said:

“I’m so upset because we have a nation of kids that are expecting to get paid and live their life just for showing up and it’s not real”

It is definitely a case to be talked about and discussed, don’t you agree? Was the school right to fire her, was that the right message to send to students and the world? We would love to know your opinion about it in the comments below…