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Our family is at the center of our personal universe. Most people would do almost anything for the sake of their family. That includes protecting them from known dangers and harm. This becomes increasingly difficult at times because we live in an open society where we share public places with predators and violent criminals. The only place where we have some control over our environment is in our home. We can make our home reasonably safe by fortifying it, as necessary, to protect our families once inside.
Family Security PlanWhenever your family leaves home, they leave that zone of protection that you have created. The secret to keeping your family reasonably safe once they leave home is to have a family security plan. To develop a family security plan, you must give careful thought to the public routines of each family member and think of ways to make them safer from the violent people in the world. The best way to accomplish this is to hold a family meeting to discuss this plan and play "what if" using different scenarios. For example, what if we need to use the bank ATM machine? What steps should we take to make the process safer? What if we need to go to the shopping mall? What precautions can we take to be safer in the parking lot? What if someone approaches to rob us while walking to our car on the street at night? What would we do and how would we react? Where would we go and who would we notify in case of emergency?
Most people have no such family plan and have not met as a family to discuss "what if" situations. When or if a criminal assault does occur, the family will not be prepared and will have to rely on instinct in response to the incident. What if their response instincts are wrong or their reactions inappropriate, under the circumstances? We read about these incidents all the time in the newspaper or hear about them on television, for example, where a man tried to overpower a gunman, only to be shot and killed. We have also become aware of incidents where a child was walking home from school and was tricked into a car of a total stranger and kidnapped.
Having a family security plan can save the lives of those we love.
