why teach children about strangers when you dont leave them?

Question

in the car or other places alone. there is no point in teaching them about strangers when you dont leave them alone in the car or other places. when they are 13 teach them about strangers not to talk to them because that is the age where they can be left alone in the car

Answer 1

God bless.

Answer 2

Many school districts teach children some type of "stranger danger" curriculum beginning in kindergarten. Being left alone in the car is not the only time when a child may come in to contact with a stranger. Children begin to go to school, have play dates at friend's homes, participate in extra-curricular activities such as sports or scouting, go to the bathroom in a public restroom, and ride their bikes before they turn 13. All of these, and many other things, present times when your child will come in contact with some one they don't know. Additionally, by elementary school age, most kids will have heard something on the news or heard adults talking about a child who was abducted and children will begin to have worries and questions. If you have been giving your children the age-appropriate answers and information they need to be confident in dealing with strangers they will grow up to be aware of their surroundings and how to deal with situations that make them uncomfortable. Very few child abductions occur by a stranger (most are a non-custodial parent, other family member or family friend or acquaintance ) but parents and children worry about that and should be open in their communication about their concerns and fears with each other. Of equal concern as being abducted by a stranger is being abused by someone. Learning what is "good touch and bad touch" is important and is also often introduced at the kindergarten level.

Answer 3

You have to teach them about things like strangers you never know what kind of situation a child can get into. You may not leave you kids alone intentionally but what if they runaway at the mall or something do you want them to walk away with the first person they see. I swear you ask the dumbest questions.

Answer 4

NO NO NO strangers are most of the time not really strangers but someone the child has seen or even a family member. Your child is alone in the yard sometimes. Are you gonna keep your child home no going to neighbors to play, no going to Grandmas house, no going to spend the night, no going to school events, no going to church events Until when Until they are 13??? No we do need to teach kids about strangers and have to teach them who the strangers are.

Answer 5

Teach them because there are things that are out of our control. Maybe one day your car will be hijacked with the children inside. (It's hard to imagine, but you have to think about this.) Your children need to be strong enough to say something to someone if they need help. What if you are at the store and you get ill and pass out? Would they know who to talk to to get help? ALWAYS prepare your children for every situation. Better safe than sorry. If they don't know how to talk to strangers then they could get hurt, or lost.

Answer 6

LOL,

Sorry. But in this day and age with all of the child abductions and molestations going on, not to mention the wierd neighbor down the street, I would of thought that this would be common sense because NO ONE can watch their children at ALL times, no matter what their ages are.

**According to my local police, the age in which you can LEGALLY leave children alone, is 18, not 13.**

Answer 7

so the very first time that you let the kid alone in the car or whereever , you are going to introduce the idea that stangers are bad? pretty strange. have you ever been in a store with a child, between 3 and 9? the kinda walk off if you dont watch very closesly. and especially if they have no fear of the rest of the world.

Answer 8

All children are in danger everyday, no matter how careful are you about them.
Teach them to take care of them self, and to be careful, that information won't hurt and you don't know if there will be some time they will need it.
We all expect it never happen to our children, and as much as we live in a secure neigthborhood, and look for the best schools we can afford, and relate to the more educated person we can, you never know if sometime you or your son will get to know some person who can hurt him.
So, isn't it better to be prepared, don't you think?

Answer 9

What about the cable guy or the maintenance worker who is not a good guy like most of them are?, It is not a scare tactic to educate your child as early as they are capable of understand using of course their terms of understanding to give them the necessary tools to help and protect themselves, I am sure a lot of people during the disaster Hurricane Katrina were grateful that they had taught their child how to approach the approiate authority figure for help as well as who not to go with. You never know anything can happen.

Answer 10

For things to really sink in you have to start teaching them at a young age when the mind is most receptive to learning things.

Answer 11

Is this a serious question?

What if you are separated in the mall? What about when your child goes to school and some creep presents themselves to pick up your child saying there's been a family emergency and they are a close friend? My brother had a van pull over when he was walking home from school and try to coax him to get in.