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My 10 year old son keeps saying, "I thought the police were our friends?" Frankly he is traumatized by the actions of the police he is seeing on the news. Yesterday we were driving to the pharmacy to get some medicine and he suddenly started crying and freaking out. It turned out that he saw a police car and was convinced we were going to be pulled over and killed.

Thankfully my state has just passed a law making it illegal for police to enter elementary or secondary school grounds except in the case of an emergency. At least he will probably be safe from the police at school.

>>irrati+(OP)
I feel as if I should explain something to my child but have been kind of shielding them. I'm seriously conflicted.

>>irrati+(OP)
Why would he think "police are our friends?" I did not think that at 7 let alone 10, but I grew up in a place where being mistaken about the reality of police could get you or your family arrested or killed. So a place not much different than America. Why is your son so delusional? Why not teach him to know better? Then he won't be afraid, he'll be informed and cautious.