I was recently accepted into the academy! My family has been supportive of me but my preschooler said something last night that hit hard. We've been involved in numerous LEO funerals recently and I've been open about what happened to these officers. He told me he wanted to tell me a secret, then he said "Daddy please don't get shot." I understand the risks of this profession and I am ready to face them head on but I am wondering how others deal with their little ones having concerns like this.

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Oh my gosh this breaks my heart. I don't have little kids of my own, but some of my colleagues do and I thin kthey might wait a little while to expose their young kids to these kinds of tragedies. It's difficult for a preschooler to understand so much loss and grief

OMG, this just broke my heart. I would tell him the positives. That you are saving people. You are a hero. Talk to him in terms of cartoon heroes and things like that that he could relate to.

Unfortunately, there’s risk in any profession. This includes getting in a car accident on the way to or from work, which is more likely than getting shot on the job.

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