policeman

There are good and bad in every job ,poor nurses,bad doctors,ect one bad egg does not ruin the basket.Thankfully the majority of people in these jobs are the salt of the earth,they do a wonderful job and civilisation would break down if we did not have them,being policemen is a wonderful thing to be.Job for life, good pension and a different day everyday,not at all boring.We need more honest upright people in this world,and it looks like you have provided us with them well done.xx

When one has been harassed by an officer of the law, or serval officers of the law, you might hold a different position. Officers are suppose to uphold the law and not abuse it, but I see reports of police officers almost everyday that are drinking and driving, abusing citizens (haven't we all seen videos of officers beating others?) I know that I should teach my kids to respect an authority figure, as well as other community helpers, but luck of respect and disregard for the law has changed my point of view on several fronts. Ideally, police officers should be respected and trusted and so should other community workers, but sometimes they can even be bought off. I know my words sound harsh, but these are just my feelings at this present time. I'm not telling my children to disrespect the law or police officers, I am simply telling them to be careful who they trust. The majority of police officers like others working to safeguard our rights are citizens are good citizens.

Some of your previous responders have said this already but just to add my view I'll say it just the same. There are good and bad persons in every profession. It is normal for you at this time to be worried that your boys may become a little too trusting and that they may end up trusting the wrong policeman. It is important that kids be street smart and develop the skills of identifying persons who may hurt them (including policemen) but not even us as adults have fully mastered that skill. It would be a bit confusing to now tell your boys that some policemen are bad. You mentioned in one of your responses a movie you and your boys watched where a man pretended to be a cop. I think your response to the child's query was a good one. Movies are a good venue to teach children some of lifes most hard to teach/learn skills. If you happen to watch a movie depicting a bad cop then that may be a good way to slowly reveal to your kids that some policemen are not so honest and then reinforce the fact that most policemen are good people and that the bad ones are eventually brought to justice and punished like any bad citizen. All the best as you seek to raise three fine young men.

Cops, we call them police here are the worst family barring few. They are like ones who could go to any extent to be benefited. The entire department here is corrupt to the back bone. As for your kids, I do not think you need to worry so much as they are still too young and as they would grow up slowly reveal the fact and they would understand it.

Yea sometimes you can't trust cops either. Sad to say since they are here to serve and protect us. I'm not sure how you should tell them though. Maybe you should just sit down and say..."I know what I told you, and that is true, but just like there are bad people in the world sometimes there are bad cops in the world. You just have to be careful." I guess that's how I would put it. Good luck!

Forget the whole good cop/bad cop thing that is TV talk. It is important to teach them respect and trust for any authority figure, we respect the positions the individuals hold. But that has to go hand in hand with knowing right from wrong and to report any abuses regardless of who commits those abuses. There is no way to tell who is good and bad by proffession or by sight. It is an individual, case by case basis. As a former Law Enforcment employee of 7 years, this is a good general rule.

Hello my friend deedeehall Ji, Well, I have developed my personnal view to avoid three professions in our society. Firstly Lawers, secondally Policemen, and lastly Doctors. If on ecan maintain distance apart, on ewill earn 50% more than actual, as one need not pay all these three bills. All my children are much away from them. You may divert their attentions by different ways, by giving examples, starting with 26/11 that a job, which Police should have done failed to do. May god bless you and have a great time.

Police are good to have around. From my experience with them is if I get an attitude with them, they'll get an attitude back. And why would you be worried about your boys becoming bad cops? You raise them right, teach them right from wrong, as adults, I believe, they will make the right desicions and be good officers. And when you type grad k, do you mean kindergarten? If so then in my own opinion that's too young to tell them about bad cops. They'll find out for themselves, just like you did. Plus, what a kid wants to become changes though out their lives constantly.

Hi, In any profession, there will be black-sheeps. That does not mean,POLICE are bad everywhere. This is Truth in Life,teach slowly to Ur Boys. So that they are prepared to see few bad among Bright Stars. =Lahiri,Kolkata,India.

If you want to tell them then wait a ew years until they are older and can understand it better.

You should never tell them that they can not trust a police officer. Generally most are good. Yes there may be some bad ones out there because there are just bad people in this world. But why would you want them to question whether an officer is good or bad? I work for a police department anfd every single officer is a good officer. Many have different policing styles but I can honestly not think of one that is crooked. Another mistake that people make is threatening their children with police. Such as saying if you don't behave I will call the police. This is such a horrible thing to do ...making kids afraid. Kids need to know who they can count on if there is an emergency and they need to call the police. I would suggest to you that you call your local police department and see if you can bring your kids in for a tour and to meet a police officer. I hope this helps.