Winnie-the-Pooh advises Texas students on active shooter situations
By Karah Rucker (Reporter ), Jack Aylmer (Producer )
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Click to see story on LifeGateParents and teachers in the Dallas, Texas, area are expressing their concern after schoolchildren as young as 4 years old were given Winnie-the-Pooh cartoon books advising them on what to do should an active shooter situation occur on their campus. Known as the “Stay Safe” book, it was sent home with children in pre-K and elementary classes, bearing a subtitle that reads: “If there is danger, let Winnie-the-Pooh and his crew show you what to do: run hide fight.”
“Recently a booklet was sent home so parents could discuss with their children how to stay safe in such cases,” a spokesperson for the Dallas Independent School District said. “Unfortunately, we did not provide parents any guide or context. We apologize for the confusion and are thankful to parents who reached out to assist us in being better partners.”
According to the FBI’s safety resources, the bureau recommends utilizing run-hide-fight tactics in the event of an active shooter incident, saying that doing so will “prepare and empower” individuals to survive such a situation.
Winnie-the-Pooh along with other characters from the Hundred Acre Wood are featured in the “Stay Safe” book advising children on survival strategies during a school shooting. This includes a page telling kids: “If danger is near, do not fear, hide like Pooh does until the police appear.”
It also recommends in other passages that children “run like Rabbit” if it is safe to do so, or “fight with all your might” if confronted by a gunman, accompanied with pictures of Kanga and Roo donning boxing gloves.
The book was produced by a law enforcement consulting firm in Houston and has no affiliation with any of Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh media, as the A.A. Milne character became public domain in 2022.
Within the book’s pages is an indicator that it “was created in collaboration with active police officers and classroom teachers” to “teach and reinforce concepts of the run, hide, fight format, recommended by the FBI and Department of Homeland Security” in an “age-appropriate format.”
One local teacher called the book “terribly disturbing,” while Cindy Campos, a mother with children in the district says she’s afraid this literature indicates school shootings are being accepted as a part of life and “normalized.”
“It’s kind of like a slap in the face,” Campos said. “‘Hey! It’s normal now. Have a book about it.’”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom also joined in the criticism, writing in a tweet that “Winnie the Pooh is now teaching Texas kids about active shooters because the elected officials do not have the courage to keep our kids safe and pass common sense gun safety laws.”
Meanwhile the book’s distribution in Texas comes during the same week in which the state marked the one-year anniversary of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, the third-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
Texas has been home to five of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in the country over the past eight years, and as one of the states with the fewest gun restrictions in the nation, it was assigned a Gifford Law Center gun legislation scorecard grade of an “F.”
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Winnie the Pooh book teaches Texas kids how to survive school shootings: report
Click to see story on Raw StoryWinnie the Pooh teaches mass shooting survival skills to Texan kids
Click to see story on Boing BoingWinnie-the-Pooh book teaches Texas kids to ‘run, hide, fight’ in a shooting – Democratic Underground
Click to see story on democraticunderground.comWinnie-the-Pooh book teaches Texas kids to ‘run, hide, fight’ in a shooting
Click to see story on The GuardianTexas slammed over Winnie the Pooh story to teach children about mass shootings
Click to see story on The IndependentTexas parents fret over Winnie the Pooh being used to teach kids about school shootings
Click to see story on Associated Press NewsTexas children given Winnie the Pooh books on how to react to school shooters
Click to see story on Sydney Morning HeraldWinnie-the-Pooh book teaches kids to ‘run, hide, fight’ in a shooting
Click to see story on The Washington PostTexas children given Winnie the Pooh books on how to react to school shooters
Click to see story on StuffWinnie-the-Pooh teaches kids about gun violence — while grown-ups stick their heads in a jar of honey
Click to see story on The Toronto Star‘Extremely disturbing’: Children given Winnie the Pooh books on how to react to school shooters
Click to see story on NZ HeraldTexas parents fret over Winnie the Pooh being used to teach kids about school shootings
Click to see story on Winnipeg Free PressNew Winnie The Pooh book teaches kids to ‘run, hide, fight’ in school shooting
Click to see story on audacy.comTexas children given Winnie the Pooh books on how to react to school shooters
Click to see story on The TelegraphTexas parents fret over Winnie the Pooh being used to teach kids about school shootings
Click to see story on MY NorthwestWinnie de Poeh-boek leert kinderen uit Texas hoe te reageren op schietpartijen
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“Run, hide, fight.” Winnie-the-Pooh book teaches children in Texas what to do in case of a shooting
Click to see story on ObservadorSharp criticism in Texas over book in which Winnie the Pooh explains to children how to behave while shooting
Click to see story on haaretz.co.ilIn Texas schools they distribute books in which Winnie the Pooh explains how to escape from shootings
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