R.A.D.

Rape Aggression Defense.

You might remember middle took this class about four years ago.

Youngest is taking it soon.

Here is the website to see if it is located in your area.

I think several of youngest's friends are taking it with her.

The response of youngest and the friends was pretty much - hell, yeah, we want to pound on somebody.

(They practice/beat on a heavily padded guy. Middle loved it, maybe a little too much, she wanted to come home and practice on her dad. He was not willing.)

Youngest might actually be a beast in this class. And as I write that I am wondering if she should have taken martial arts classes. If they offer that as gym option in college, my guess is that would be for her.

Middle's first boy, long ago, was taekwondo instructor. Two black belts at that time, I think. She did not take classes, but went with him one time for fun. And she chopped a board in half with one whack. She still has it.






And I remembered I ordered two books for Middle as part of this RAD process -

The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence
by Gavin de Becker

Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane)
by Gavin de Becker