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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 307441" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>After reading more about this and learning that your son asked you to call, I would definiitely call the police- for a few reasons. One, it isn't a wrong answer. Two- it gives you a chance to brag on him for coming up with a good idea to deal with it. Three- it reinforces to him that if this happens and you aren't at home, it's best for him to call the police than to handle it in a bad way.</p><p></p><p></p><p>My son was being picked on a lot by neighborhood kids a few years ago. It ended up with me getting a call at work by a cop standing in my kitchen. (I know my son was young to be at home alone but this was his big issue and he was ...well, it's a long story but he was only at home alone about 45 mins a day and we made 2 phone calls during that time. ) Anyway, I thought my son was in major trouble and got home in 10 mins. As it turns out, a kid had been banging on the door threatening to break in and harm my son. My son grabbed a kitchen knife, held it up in the window. The other kid actually crawled onto our screened porch and my son snuck out the back and hid in the crawl space. The other kid went home and told his mom that my son threatened him with a knife and she called cops on my son. Fortunately, when many cops were there and both us parents, the other boy admitted coming on our property and threatening my son. Since my son had only held a kitchen knife in the window in repsonse, then the cops found him hiding in the crawl space, it was not my son iin trouble. But, obviously,. this could have ended up with someone hurt very badly. The cop reinforced to my son that it was fine for him to call 911 when somehting like that happened.</p><p></p><p>I'm now thinking this would be good for your son to set an example and hear these words from the cops, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 307441, member: 3699"] After reading more about this and learning that your son asked you to call, I would definiitely call the police- for a few reasons. One, it isn't a wrong answer. Two- it gives you a chance to brag on him for coming up with a good idea to deal with it. Three- it reinforces to him that if this happens and you aren't at home, it's best for him to call the police than to handle it in a bad way. My son was being picked on a lot by neighborhood kids a few years ago. It ended up with me getting a call at work by a cop standing in my kitchen. (I know my son was young to be at home alone but this was his big issue and he was ...well, it's a long story but he was only at home alone about 45 mins a day and we made 2 phone calls during that time. ) Anyway, I thought my son was in major trouble and got home in 10 mins. As it turns out, a kid had been banging on the door threatening to break in and harm my son. My son grabbed a kitchen knife, held it up in the window. The other kid actually crawled onto our screened porch and my son snuck out the back and hid in the crawl space. The other kid went home and told his mom that my son threatened him with a knife and she called cops on my son. Fortunately, when many cops were there and both us parents, the other boy admitted coming on our property and threatening my son. Since my son had only held a kitchen knife in the window in repsonse, then the cops found him hiding in the crawl space, it was not my son iin trouble. But, obviously,. this could have ended up with someone hurt very badly. The cop reinforced to my son that it was fine for him to call 911 when somehting like that happened. I'm now thinking this would be good for your son to set an example and hear these words from the cops, too. [/QUOTE]
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