The Enchanted Forest F.O.R.H.E.R. is a website dedicated to providing important information about how parents can use our tools and approaches to help educate their children about child safety, without having to admit to their children that they may not always "be" safe. Read more to learn about the Enchanted Forest F.O.R.H.E.R. and how these concepts and tools can help empower your precious little girl.
Child Safety is not a trivial matter. And that is why the concepts presented through the Enchanted Forest F.O.R.H.E.R. are so important. The concept is this: someone you care about needs to know how to do something, but, you don't want them to know the "full details" about the real reason for your concern, because it would only make them feel worse and be worse off to know. This is certainly a tough reality with which to contend. It is not a trivial matter. Not at at all.
All of us should be interested in empowering the world's children. Being able to empower your children with weapons they can use to ward off would-be predators is something work doing. And being able to do it while at the same time not admitting to the children that there may be predators, in the eyes parents and other adults, is priceless.
The problem with having a child become aware of "adult issues" is that it can lead to the child's distress, confusion, and fear. The resut can be distractions in learning and growth. Children are creative. This is a central part of their growth process. Therefore, if they are forced to become more aware of issues that are typically handled by adults and law enforcement, then, it could stunt their growth and lower their happiness and productivity.
The concepts and tools of this website and our others function as an "early warning system" to alerting others of danger. It's actually more like a "hidden-but-still-effective" ... "early warning system." Taking this kind of approach to child safety allows the child you are making safe to remain in a "child-like world," without forcing them to learn and become fearful of life's real dangers and challenges.
For all of the reasons presented here, it is important not just to convey the knowledge to the chidren, but, to convey it in the right way. This is why teaching the children in a way that keeps them feeling youthful and creative is so important. And, by default, having it be the parents that do the teach, with the help of these tools, is just as important ... because it will build trust between the child and his or her parents.
The "F.O.R.H.E.R." in the Enchanted Forest F.O.R.H.E.R. is more than an attempt to focus on "her" ... the little girl. It is an acronym that defines that tenets of safety that we encourage all parents to teach their little ones. F.O.R.H.E.R. stands for Family Cohesiveness, Outstanding Physical Strength, Raise Awareness for Nature's Promise, Healthy Mental Prowess and Discernment, Exceptional Child Safety, and Relationship Equity.
The "F" is for Family Cohesiveness. Use the idea of the Enchanted Forest to entertain your kids in order for your family to have more togetherness, more comfort, and more cohesiveness.
The "O" is for Outstanding Physical Strength. Use the idea of the Enchanted Forest to empower your kids. Let them run around and play in the closet forestry area or national park that you can find ... so they can build up their strength, speed, and agility. They might need it one day.
The "R" is to Raise Awareness for Nature's Promise. By "Nature's Promise" we mean that nature is of God, and God protects His own. Use the idea of the Enchanted Forest to illustrate this point with your kids. Prove to them via the beauty of the forest that God loves them ... and that is why he made the forest so beautiful ... just for them. He promised. And He delivered.
The "H" is for a Healthy Mental Prowess and Discernment. Use the idea of the forest to promote a healthy mental state within your kids, and to grow their sense of discernment so that they can be more wise in difficult situations. Our stories and fairy tales are designed to enable them to function this way even if they don't realize it when they do it.
The "E" is for Exceptional Child Safety. Use the idea of the Enchanted Forest to arm your child with so much awareness that they will be swimming in exceptional child safety, even if they don't even realize it.
The "R" is for Relationship Equity. Use the idea of the Enchanted Forest to create "equity" between your kids and any adults that may have ill intentions. By empowering your kids with stories, you arm them with the ability to alert other adults of illicit activities just by thinking about games and child stories. One of the stories you teach to your kid could save your child's life by making them "equal" to an adult when the time calls for it.
You can purchase the Enchanted Forest as an aquarium if you want to have something in the house to use as a "teachable moment." This purchase also qualifies you for our Safety Certification Process.
Further more, by having something tangible near your kids, it can serve as a constant reminder on how to act so that the can stay safe. When it comes to safety, it is important to remind them often to create a habit of awareness. Habits and instinct are far more important than knowledge. Instincts are instant; knowledge takes some time. Sometimes, too much time.
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