“Never judge a book by its cover.”
“There’s some good in everyone.”
Our grandparents would look at a scenario like this and decide, correctly, that the visitor on their doorstep was not going to get an answer or an invitation.
“You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.”
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“Always give the benefit of the doubt first.”
Some of those sound like good advice to you, don’t they?
But are they, actually, good advice? Are these truisms enough moral instruction for children? Is that all they need to know before you send them to fly out of the nest?
Stranger danger
Or, do they need to hear these, too?
“Don’t talk to strange adults.”
“Be on your guard around suspicious looking people until you determine they’re safe.”
“Don’t automatically open the front door just because someone
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