Stranger Danger

Do you teach your children about stranger danger? Do you have discussions about strangers? Did you know you should start as early as possible in their life, when they can understand you. You can have, not only discussions but you can do role playing. Children are loving and it is hard for them to believe someone else can hurt them and trick them.

Young children at a early stage need to be taught how to identify a stranger. They need to know there is danger in talking to someone they do not know. And they need to be taught how to react to a stranger, when approached. This is where role play is helpful. Teach them some scenarios of what could happen. Help them also to build their confidence that they can help protect themselves if need be. 

Create rules with your children that will apply to strangers. Teach them never to tell strangers their personal information. Teach them never to accept things from strangers, never to get in any one's car, never to go where they should not. It's a hard task to teach your children, that these strangers are going to be like people they meet everyday. Also teach them, that even the people they do know, if anything is ever done to make them feel uncomfortable, to tell you right away.

Teach them to scream, if someone trys to touch them or grab them. Kick, scream, do what ever they can to attract attention of someone.

Make sure your child learns their phone number and address as soon as they are old enough to remember it.

Play the what if game. What if your playing in the park, what if a man looses his dog, what if anything you can think of.

Read books, get your child identified also. Register them with organizations.