Chapter Excerpt

Chapter 2: Safe and Secure

Introduction

Have you ever had this experience? You decided to make a favorite recipe. Maybe it was a chocolate cake, or banana nut bread. Everything would have turned out perfectly, except that you forgot to add one small but essential ingredient, such as baking powder.

An experience like that—and we’ve all had them—teaches us that even small things can make an important difference in how the big picture unfolds. Safety is one of those things many of us take for granted. We sometimes forget that even a little carelessness can have big consequences.

As children, we had our parents watching out for us, reminding us when something was a risk to our safety. Later, as adults, we thought about safety and security for ourselves and our family. Many of the precautions we took were more a matter of habit than they were the result of consciously thinking about safety. 

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