hillbillyhunter1: A is lighter weight and easier to carry than two pots, don't you think?

When children I know go outdoors, they have been prepared about what to do if lightning threatens.

When children I know go outdoors, they have been prepared about what to do if a cougar threatens.

You may think such preparation of children to be clueless.
I think the approach of denial to be mean.
Of course we should prepare children for anything we know about or highly suspect. This doesn't mean children or we have to quit living, but why would you deny a child or a loved one a chance? I have news accounts of children in our western area of the US who have been told what to do about cougars who have had encounters without injury using what responsible adults taught them.