Winnie the Pooh ‘Run, Hide, Fight’ Book Draws Parents’ Ire
The school district in Dallas has drawn backlash from parents after giving elementary school students a Winnie the Pooh-themed book that teaches children how to “run, hide, fight” in dangerous situations like a mass shooting.
Cindy Campos, whose two children attend an elementary school in the Dallas Independent School District, said that she wasn’t sure what to do when her youngest son, who is in prekindergarten, came home from school last week with the book, titled “Stay Safe.”
The book, Ms. Campos said, had been tucked into her son’s backpack with no note or instructions.
“If danger is near, do not fear,” the book reads. “Hide like Pooh does until the police appear.”
At first, Ms. Campos said that she wondered if it was a gift from her son’s teacher. But later that evening, she found the same book in the backpack of her older son, a first grader. That’s when she said she started to wonder whether the book was an initiative from the school district.
Source: The New York Times
