I would agree with what's been said here, especially the bit about teaching your children to be aggressive in their own defense. I've put on children's self defense work-shops before, and aside from teaching them to be smart and play it safe with strangers etc, I also always have a part where the adult instructors attempt to "Kidnap" the kids. If they fight back and scream and run, they live. If they don't, they go to the "dead square." for 10 minutes.
I know it sounds gruesome to adults, who understand the implications, but honestly I've never had a kid be traumatized by it, lol. It's really just a more useful version of the "I'm going to get you!" game you would play with a 3 year old. (Though the age range was usually 9-14) They kind of love it actually, and by the end they all live. You'd be surprised how hard it is to hang on to a 10 year old that's honestly willing to hurt you!
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