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To Your Success!

Barbara

 

A Security System With Big Ears

How many of you have security systems?  

It is a recognized fact that most people will purchase a security system AFTER they have been become a victim of a burglary or home invasion.

Here is a thought for you.

I have added to my self-defense strategies and home security system, a mini, but mighty, personal alarm.  This alarm is compact, senses noises in the street, the driveway, around the outside of the house, and down the hall.  I have come to enjoy “peace of mind” within my home.  Expensive?  Not really.  Light weight too!  Only four-and-a-half pounds and it is portable.

Nothing can get past my ultra-alert security system! Her name is Bella, and this adorable chihuahua, is the perfect safety addition for our family.  Chihuahuas are protective.  They make excellent hearing dogs.  With their alert ears they hear what we don’t.  Live in an apartment?  No problem!  They are tiny and fit in small spaces beautifully.  Live alone?  Typically, these dogs adore their owners and follow them everywhere.  They are the ultimate lap dog.

If you have concerns about your safety, your home’s safety, you might consider having one of these courageous watch dogs. 

Awareness is critical to your personal safety.  Another critical piece in your self-defense strategy is the pepperspray you purchased from Colorado Safety Educators. I want you to go and get that pepperspray that I put into your hands at our live events.  Open the case and look at the expiration date.  Pepperspray does eventually expire.  Now is the time to reorder and replace your expiring pepperspray.  Go to http://www.coloradosafetyeducators.org/pepperspray.htm and replace yours today.  Colorado Safety Educators offers pepperspray that actually works and you need to have it as part of your personal sexual assault prevention. 

Security systems and chihuahuas alert you to danger and force you to be aware and pay attention to their alarms.  Pepperspray and planned self-defense strategies go together.  If attacked, you must DO something.  Know what to do and what you will and are able to do. 

Replace your pepperspray today.  Think about adding a dog, large or small, to your life.  The smallest of the toy breeds, the chihuahua, can be your biggest and best security system.

To your safety!

Barbara Scott 

 

Made My Son-In-Laws’ Night!

 We like to practice what we preach at Colorado Safety Educators.  I am an avid researcher.  The other night I ran across an excellent technique to break a front strangle hold.  In my excitement, I asked my husband to pretend to strangle me ( slow motion – You don’t hurt me and I don’t hurt you are the rules ).  Amid the laughter and joking, he agreed.  He did his pretend strangle on my neck and I practiced the new moves and got out of the strangle hold.  This was great!  Another technique to demonstrate at our Colorado Safety Educators http://www.coloradosafetyeducators.org  personal safety seminars. 

Self-defense strategies need to be practiced.  Without a plan, it is pretty rough to defend yourself. 

Tonight, I had a memory making idea.  My wonderful son-in-law, has spent weeks working on my computer system.  The old computer was dying and did not want to give up her years worth of information to the new computer.  My family was gathered and I asked my 6 foot tall son-in-law, if he would help me.  “I have the deal of a lifetime for you!”, I said laughing.  He got up and started to go for my computer out of habit.  I stopped him.

“No.”  ” I want you to try and strangle me”……….Big eyes………..lots of laughter from everyone.  I explained the “I don’t hurt you and you don’t hurt me” Rules.  Amid the laughing and joking, he laid his hands upon my throat and I used this new technique to break his grip and then whomped him in the face ( slow motion of course ).  The grandchildren  were amazed and laughing.  My daughter got up and was laughing.  But…………we began to practice, evaluate, and talk about just what to do if someone tried to strangle us.  The decision was unanimous!  The technique was solid.

Practicing sexual assault prevention doesn’t have to be a heavy teaching session.  It doesn’t even have to be lengthy.  We all had a good time learning another aspect of self-defense.  As a safety speaker, humor must have it’s place.  Rape and sexual assault prevention are heavy subjects to teach.  Humor must lighten the load.

As the warmer seasons arrive, we at Colorado Safety Educators are in full swing.  To book your safety seminar, go to http://www.coloradosafetyeducators.org/booknow.htm ,fill out the form and hit the submit button. 

Practice makes perfect. See you soon!

Barbara Scott

The Rising Need for Personal Safety Training Seminars

When I was a little girl, I lived at a Lake.  My Dad said we lived in “Heaven”.  Mountains surrounded the Lake. Lakefront homes dotted the hillsides on opposite sides of the Lake, with boatdocks connecting the homes to the water. 

I had a glorious childhood. 

Summers were pure freedom. 

My days were spent playing outside and roaming anywhere I wanted to go.  I waded in the shallow shore waters and played with the minnows and squished my toes in the mud.  I swam in the deep waters by myself or with other children who lived at the Lake.  We sailed our boats.  I explored the mountains and came home in time for lunch and dinner.  My friend and I played board games outside until it was too dark to see what we were doing.  “Barbie” was my favorite board game.

I didn’t worry about my safety. 

My parents didn’t worry about my safety. 

I just had fun………..

I asked my Dad what he did as a child.  My Dad is almost 90 years old.  He said he rode his bike everywhere and anywhere all day long.

He didn’t worry about his safety.

His parents didn’t worry about his safety either. 

Yesterday I bought walkie-talkies for my children so I can talk to them while they are riding their bikes throughout our neighborhood.  I want to know where they are.  This is a relatively inexpensive  experiment and hopefully these two-way radios won’t get dropped and broken before the week is out.  If this works out, I may bite the bullet and buy them walkie talkie wrist watches, which also show the time, and would be much harder to drop and break.

Over the past several years, I have been speaking to audiences of all ages about their personal safety.  Five Star Seminars has been marvelous about booking our Colorado Safety Educators’ public awareness safety campaign seminars all over Colorado. 

We have a great concern for the safety of children.  As a safety speaker and trainer, I hope that I am getting through to my audiences that learning self-defense strategies is critical.

Learning Self-defense strategies is a NOW Thing!

George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, proclaimed May 25, 2003, as National Missing Children’s Day.  I encourage you to read the Proclamation in its entirity.

Below is a small portion of the Proclamation.  I have taken the liberty of bolding certain points.

National Missing Children’s Day, 2003
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation

“…The Department of Justice estimates that more than 50,000 children will be victims of nonfamily abductions each year. While the rate of recovery in such kidnappings is approximately 99 percent, the trauma of abduction affects far too many. No young person in America should ever know the terror of abduction, and no family should ever have to experience the nightmare of having a loved one suddenly taken.

The safety and well-being of our children is a shared responsibility for all Americans and for Federal, State, and local authorities. My Administration is making the prevention and investigation of child abductions a top priority. We are working to use available resources to educate our citizens about how to prevent child abductions…

…Our Nation has come to know the names and faces of far too many children because they have been the victims of acts of cruelty and violence. These crimes break our hearts and stir our anger. Our Nation shares the joy of the parents who are reunited with their children, and prays with those who are still hoping and waiting. We grieve with every family that has suffered the loss of or injury to a child. We will continue the fight against the threats that our children face…

…NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim May 25, 2003, as National Missing Children’s Day. I call upon Americans to join me in commemorating this observance by celebrating those children who have been returned to their loved ones, remembering those young people who are missing, and continuing to work together on every front to protect our children from those who would seek to harm them…”

My job as a motivational and inspirational speaker/trainer is to transmit my passion for personal safety straight into the hearts of my audiences.  My goal is to change awareness habits right then and there in my safety seminars.  Thereby preventing future abductions and devastating sexual assaults.

I want my children and your children to enjoy their childhoods.   When our children are grown, I hope and pray that they have sweet memories of riding bikes, and playing with their friends. 

Please continue teaching your children to be safe in all that they do.  I will also continue teaching my little bike riders to be safe.

To the joys of childhood!