It is with sadness that I great you today. It is a sorrowful, and horrible incident that happened to young Travon Martin. I can't think of any news more devastating than to hear that your child is dead. At the heart of this case is what do we teach our children about their environment?

It is believed that emotionally healthy children can trust their environment. But can they? Are young people less emotionally stable if they have a healthy distrust of their environment?

To distrust their environment may requiere your teenagers to curtail how they live. They may not take jobs that require them to be out after dark. They may have to watch what they wear on a daily basis. Your teen may learn to be leery of law enforcement, or they may learn that it's safer in numbers. (This could cause more problems.)

What will you teach your teen in light of this horrible incident? Is it possible to teach them to be careful without instilling a lot of fear in them? Besides, isn't this one of the major problems we have with our teens. e Wwant to restrict them for safety purposes, they want to have freedom, because they believe they can take care of themselves?

This incident is indeed unfortunate, and it puts a blaring spotlight on our greatest fear. Our teens could be fatally injured for no real reason. 

What do you think, should we teach our teens to distrust their environment.