Hostile Encounters

Hostile encounters are the people and contacts on the trail who do harm. Bullying, hostile peers, predatory adults online or off, exposure to a former abuser through a visitation or a chance meeting, an institutional contact that re-traumatizes. Pieces in this part address the protective work an advocate does when the encounter cannot always be prevented. They cover the practice of building a child's protective vocabulary, the rehearsal of a safe exit, the work of court-ordered contact that the child does not want, the long aftermath of a re-traumatizing encounter, and the recognition that protection is not paranoia. They include digital safety work for the child whose phone has become a contact point. Forms that fit this part include `STRATEGY_PRACTICE`, `POLICY`, `HELP_TONIGHT` for the night after a hostile contact, and `STAGE_GUIDE`. The journey vocabulary includes: the contact we did not invite, the safe distance, the recovery afterward.