Unless your children are gone, out of the house and have children of their own, I don't care how much you teach and preach, you DON'T KNOW what your child would do in the same situation. One thing I have learned over the years is never say never when it comes to raising your kids. I have 3 boys, 16, 15 and 10. I'd like to think I've done a good job so far. Good students, great peer relationships, respectful and they have never given my husband and I really any trouble. Oh, sure they've done some bonehead things, but they are kids. I don't take it for granted for one minute. I've seen wonderful families go through horrendous things with their children, unfortunately, bad things do happen to good people.
It is sad that bad things happen to good people and yes it does happen all the time. As for wondering and not knowing you have a point but let me share this with you.
At about 7 1/2 my boy was his first indoor soccer game. This was a new team only formed to prepare for outdoor season. This indoor team was formed by combining two outdoor teams that had seperate coaches. Both coaches decided to coach this indoor team together.
The second teams coach knew my boy, but my boy did not know him. He walked up to my boy patted him on the back and said 'C'mon kid let's go' as he walked toward the benches.
My boy just looked at him for a second and then he said "I don't know you and I am not going anywhere with you".
I gotta tell ya I was a proud daddy at that moment. My boy didn't know I was standing right behind him and be assured he was praised for his keen decision. You know one reason he knew how to react to that situation? I am a news junkie and every one of these cases we see in the media, I show him. I show them all and tell them all about what happened. Dru Sjodin, Jessica Lundsford, Danielle Van Dam, Natalee Halloway, Elizabeth Smart that list seems never ending...
Some hammer me for showing this to my kids because they are so young, but you know what? Life is brutal sometimes and I feel they will be better prepared if they know that the world can be that way at times.
I do understand 'never say never' and that point is well taken.