August 29, 2010 – 11:02 am
A man attempted to rob my son and I. He screamed obscenities while I retrieved money @ the ATM, I leaned in to whisper. My son said, "Whoa, Dad! How'd you make him run away with your words?" I replied, it takes practice to not need to hit someone. Sometimes you must, but only because that's the thing to make him run. This time: it was the right words said in the right way.
What I said was unimportant. It's how it's said. Like I hoped to have introduced to my son, it takes practice to work a gesticular, postural, proximal and emotional level. How you move, stand, enter, and engage hold more influence over the conflict than the techniques employed should escalation happen. In this case, it defused and disarmed it prior to.
He saw a man and a little boy walk up ...
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