But enough people chose again.
That matters.
Because the world our children are growing up in is fast.
Fast to post.
Fast to judge.
Fast to shame.
Fast to forget that every face on a screen belongs to a real person with a mother, a niece, a scar, a history, and a heart.
So here is what I tell every parent who asks me about that day.
Teach your kids not to share their location.
Teach them that followers are not friends.
Teach them that privacy is not punishment.
Teach them that embarrassment is survivable, but danger may not be.
But also teach them this.
Do not judge the protector by the dirt on his boots.
Do not judge the threat by the shine on his car.
And when fear tells you to post first and ask questions later, stop.
Look twice.
Ask one more question.
Because sometimes the person everyone is afraid of is the one standing guard.
