{"id":4905,"date":"2016-06-13T19:09:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T23:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4905"},"modified":"2016-06-14T17:38:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-14T21:38:25","slug":"two-things-teach-kids-see-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/two-things-teach-kids-see-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Things to Teach Your Kids When They See an Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fire trucks with sirens blazing. Ambulances whizzing by. Woo-woos (police cars) racing ahead.<\/p>\n

When our kids are really little, of course, it was a thrill to hear them say \u201cwoo woo\u201d when a police car passed us or \u201cfire truck\u201d when they saw a fire truck.<\/p>\n

New words. Attaching meaning. Community workers…oh, I loved having littles.<\/p>\n

But as our kids grew up, we attached another important concept to emergency vehicles: someone was hurting somewhere and needed prayer.<\/p>\n

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So we taught our kids to always pray for the people in need when an emergency vehicle was off to save someone.<\/p>\n

This little prayer taught them many things: (1) You are part of something bigger\u2014a whole world that needs God and that needs you to think of them sometimes; (2) Prayer helps people; (3) Cry out to God in times of trouble.<\/p>\n

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Recently with the tragedy in Orlando, there have been memes with a Mr. Rogers\u2019 quote floating around (like the one below).<\/p>\n

\"Mr<\/a><\/p>\n

Absolutely heart-warming and precious.<\/p>\n

So I recommend we teach our kids two things when they see an emergency:<\/p>\n

(1) Pray! Someone needs prayer, and you can be the one to pray for them.<\/p>\n

(2) Look for the helpers! There are always helpers, and we should be grateful for them.<\/p>\n

We often had our kids go up to \u201chelpers\u201d in public and tell them thank-you. They sometimes had writing projects to write notes of gratefulness to helpers. That would be an extension of these two things that would also be nice.<\/p>\n

But with our grandkids, it will for sure be \u201cpray\u201d and \u201clook for the helper\u201d!<\/p>\n

Especially in times of great distress and tragedy like we have just witnessed, prayer and helpers are vital. Telling our children these two things when they see emergencies is a great way to calm their hearts during troubled times.<\/p>\n

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Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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