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When teaching resistance puts your child at greater risk

My teenager keeps getting stopped by police in our neighborhood and I want to teach him to film these encounters but I'm terrified it will make things worse for him.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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A parent struggles between protecting their child through compliance versus empowering them through resistance when both paths carry danger.

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“Where Are You with Gandhian satyagraha and nonviolent resistance?”

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