Self Defense Benefits For Kids

Before you all start panicking, this is not about teaching your child martial arts, karate or kick boxing or trying to get them to go around hitting each other, its a pity I can't think of a better term for it, but it definitely is self defense. Your children learn basic skills of how to protect themselves should they be in a vulnerable situation. 

The world we live in now has no mercy on the innocent; our children are exposed to so many crazy people in this world, from kidnappers to paedophiles, perverts,  to those that take children to perform certain rituals. No place is safe anymore, not even school or church, anything can happen to them anywhere. It is therefore important to not shield our children but to empower them to know what to do or look out for wherever they are.

Some of the benefits are:

1. The kids learn how to stay safe

2. The kids learn how to carry themselves with confidence: As an adult  

    there are some places you go where you feel unsafe and worried that        

    someone  may hurt you. Our kids definitely feel the same way probably in 

    more places than we do. Self defense will help go to those places confidently,       knowing they can protect themselves

3. They develop situational awareness: Sometimes you don't notice who is       around you or who is following you.  If you were more aware, you would   

    probably change your route or keep walking till you see more people. Self 

   defense teaches your child how to become more aware and what to do in such     a situation.

4. The kids learn how to trust their intuition: Sometimes you ignore what 

    you are feeling, and think its paranoia, but it is more than often better to    

    trust your gut instinct 

5. They learn to identify dangerous situations/people and how to deal 

     with them

6. They learn tricks and ploys used by abductors

7. They learn how to deal with bullies

8. They learn how to use their body language to set strong boundaries: 

    Some kids are more expressive verbally and some are not. Self defense will 

    help your shy child express themselves through their body language and get 

    the point across effectively

The lessons are not intense, but they build character and give your child the tools to keep themselves safe.

If you can, please enroll your child in a self defense class, you could do it together and make it a fun time as a family

Rather be safe than sorry.

Till Next Monday,

Stay blessed and stay safe

Tafi

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