I do presentations for elementary schools. A few months ago I did an educational lecture on snakes to the entire second grade class of one of the local schools. Kids were super psyched about it, and actually retained information and continued to ask how Rosca [the adult classic female I brought] was doing. They were allowed to come up and stroke her back (her head was over my shoulder) with two fingers. Did not have a single kid that declined to do so out of fear- even the kiddos that were scared to touch her ended up changing their minds and doubling back. It was an extremely rewarding experience for me, and I intend on doing it again in my new location.

(background: the kiddos used Germ-X after, Rosca used to be a classroom pet for a middle school, went class-to-class in small controlled groups rather than a huge auditorium)

Educate whenever you have the opportunity to; that's what I do. I love answering questions about the snakes, and after seeing me handle them or talking about them, in my experience people become genuinely interested and less afraid. If I have the snakes with me, they usually ask to pet them.