How many people does it take to raise a child

I strongly believe it takes an entire community to raise a well rounded child. My middle daughter turned eighteen in March and has suddenly become an adult. She has been raised in and around our Kwoon since she was seven We have exposed her to as many life lessons as we could and did and of course said what we thought she needed to hear. How much did she take in? Where the life lessons understood and received in the manner we all taught them?
I know you will all feel that this is so when I tell you her weekend story.
Amanda and a friend where traveling home from Edson on Monday of the long weekend. They came upon a young woman on the side of the road franticly trying to flag them down. Against what we have always told her (never pick up a hitch hiker!) she stopped. Screaming the young woman asked them to phone 911 because her baby (about 18 months old) was choking to death. Her partner had the child in the right first aid position and was trying to clear the air way. Amanda made the 911 phone call while trying to ask the right questions to the caregiver. "Did you check the air way, is it clear...." The baby was turning blue, time was running out. Other drivers began to stop and one young man knew where the hospital was and felt he could get the baby there faster than waiting for the ambulance. Amanda, still on the phone to 911 told the operator what was happening and they were able to inform the hospital of the baby's arrival. The young mother was not able to drive the standard car she was traveling in so Amanda drove her behind the truck with the baby to the hospital. She talked to the mother the whole way trying to keep her as calm as possible. They got to the hospital and heard the welcome sound of the babies cry. It turned out the baby wasn't chocking at all but had had a very high temperature the night before and as a result stopped breathing.
None of us were there with her,but over the years of training on how to stay calm and to take a leadership role,along with compassion and a lot of other lessons in life, she handled things well . As a mother I realize that there are curtain things that are genetically present in each of us that shape how we handle things. But a great deal also depends on the people who have influenced her along the way . She has had some great mentors. To a lot of you this is a Mom story and one I am proud to tell, but there are others of you who I know feel the same pride because you too have helped raise our fine young woman.
There is a lot more to the martial arts than kicking and punching, a well rounded mind is also a big part of self defense and helps in handling ourselves in the world around us.
Thank you Silent River Kung fu, she is definitely one of yours...

Linda