So, I'm happy, blah, blah, blah, that Brennan Hawkins was found safe and sound. Sorry, that no-stress state I mentioned some time ago seems to involve tuning out some news - it's just easier to focus on Lindsay Lohan not letting the Simpson sisters into her party, than focusing on a child getting lost, because "Oh, my gosh, that could happen to our child one day!"
But, anyway, one lesson I take home from this incident is to teach my children that there are some shades of grey in the world, and don't act like a dimwit when you've been lost for several days. Sometimes, you're going to have to make a judgement call on whether someone has your best interests at heart, and the sooner you cultivate such skills, the easier the road of life will be. So, hiding in the woods when people are looking for you after you've wondered off? Bad idea. Take the risk of talking to someone, because your alternative may be dying at the claws of bear.
"He had two thoughts going through his head all the time," she said. "Toby's always told him that 'If you get lost, stay on the trail.' So he stayed on the trail. We've also told him don't talk to strangers ... when an ATV or horse came by he got off the trail ... when they left, he got back on the trail."
Posted by Shokufeh at June 22, 2005 04:42 PMI agree. Teach them to be able to make prudent decisions. His father Toby looks pretty severe in that photo, though, which sorta makes sense. And the fact that his parents wouldn't allow him to talk at the press conference, in addition to their assertion that being born premature is the reason he's "immature" tells me that something else is going on here.
Posted by: george at June 22, 2005 11:08 PM