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Originally Posted by polak
Teach your kid to cross the street like a normal human being.
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Kids aren't robots, you don't "teach" them once and they make the right decision every time after that.
Children are
children and they sometimes make bad choices, get distracted, overreact, etc. Once I'm walking home from school with my kid and a bike rings its bell and he jumps out of the way
right into the street. Car going 30 stops with room to spare. Car going 50, maybe a different story.
That's not even accounting for kids with disabilities that inhibit their ability to make good choices in those kinds of situations.
So yes, teach the kids as much as possible, but teaching entails bringing them along slowly because someone learning is more prone to error, and sheltering them while they learn.