Parenting] The Ten Declarations of British Children

How to educate children so that they can grow up healthily, happily and peacefully is a matter of great concern to every parent. Recently, a posting called "The Ten Declarations for Children in the United Kingdom" has become very popular on the Internet and aroused extensive resonance among readers. The contents of the "Top 10 Manifesto" are very specific and highly practicable, and the core of the Manifesto is highly concerned about the safety of children's lives. Although not all of them are entirely suitable for our Chinese reality, they can still provide us with some new ideas for family education, which are worth all parents' reference and consideration!

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1. Peaceful growth is more important than success:
[Power to be safe. Teach children that everyone has certain rights, such as the right to breathe. No one can take away this right. Tell children that no one has the right to take away their right to be safe. Safety is more important than anything else.
2. Don't allow others to touch the area covered by tank tops and pants skirts:
[The right to protect one's body. Children should know that the body belongs to them and that certain parts of the body should be covered by clothing and should not be seen or touched. The child has the right to refuse to be kissed or touched.]
3. Life first, property second:
[Right to life comes first. Tell children that they have the right to get help from their friends or to refuse the demands of a mob when they are confronted. Many thugs are vicious on the outside but cowardly on the inside. That's why many children work together and shout, "Get out!" This usually scares the bad guys away. In the case of a real physical threat, children are too small and weak to do anything but give in to the bad guy. Sometimes children worry that the bad guys will take their property and go home to be beaten and scolded. For example, some children may think, "If the bad guy takes my bike, my parents will beat me to death. Children should be told that their physical safety is more important than their bicycles].
4. Tell your mom your secrets:
[The right to tell the truth to parents. Assure the child that no matter what happens, if the child tells the truth to his or her parents, the parents will not be blamed and will do everything they can to help the child. When children tell the truth to adults, they should be fully trusted. Adults should trust children right away and help them. For example, in the case of sexual molestation, if a child tells an adult and is not trusted, the molestation will continue for years to come].
5. Don't drink strangers' drinks or eat strangers' candy:
The right to refuse drugs and dangerous goods. The right not to listen to strangers, not to drink from strangers, not to eat candy from strangers. The right to say no to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco."]
6. Do not talk to strangers:
[The right not to deal with strangers. A child has the right not to talk to strangers. When a stranger talks to a child, the child may pretend not to hear and run away immediately. When a stranger knocks on the door, the child may not answer or open the door. Tell your child that it is all right to ignore strangers and that he or she is not capable of helping them. Adults will never think it is impolite.
7. Danger can be encountered by breaking glass and destroying furniture:
The right to emergency shelter. Children have the right to break all rules and prohibitions for their own protection. Tell children that in an emergency they have the right to yell, scream, kick, bite, and even break glass and destroy furniture. A typical example is Sima Guang's breaking of a jar.]
8. In case of danger, you can run away first by yourself:
The power of decisive escape. When encountering bad guys, earthquakes, and fires children should have the decisive power to escape, pulling their legs and running. Self-alert, self-rescue, self-help. It's okay not to wait for adult command.
9. Not keeping secrets from the bad guys:
[Confront violations of the right not to keep promises. Tell a child that even if he has sworn not to tell anyone, he must tell his parents when he is bullied by a bad person, and that he should never keep these secrets to himself].
10. [Bad people can cheat]: The power of not telling the truth to the bad people can be met with the bad people, can not tell the truth.
A good boy is a good boy when he has a mechanism to cope with the situation.