Stranger Danger

[danita]

I just went to a seminar/ training tonight and we covered this topic. We discussed that if the child has a funny feeling in their tummies and feel that something is not quite right it's probably not and it's ok to say NO I don't want to come or NO I'm going to tell my mum or NO etc etc. we should be discussing who the "safe" people are such as police man, shop assistant, mum with kids, older kids, teachers etc..
But kids normally have an instinctive feeling when things aren't quite right.
I'm not sure I'm explaining this well but I hope you get the drift.

[Arcadia]

I just tell my kids that mummy and daddy keep them safe, so they have to stay close. If they go too far away from me how can I help them? It means they are great at the zoo/public places etc because they understand i am there to help them.

I always tell my dd (5) not to go home from school with anyone but mummy or daddy or grandparents. She is very wary of strangers anyway.

I also tell them if someone physically tried to pick them up and they don't know them to kick and scream and try and get away.

[Calluna]

I talk to DS about safe and unsafe people.
We dont take anything from people we dont know unless Mummy or Daddy say its ok.
If someone he doesnt know talks to him he needs to say thank you for talking to me but Im not allowed to talk to people I dont know.
If he gets lost at the shops he needs to find a checkout person, or a mum with kids or a police person.

[OceanPrincess]

I just went to a seminar/ training tonight and we covered this topic. We discussed that if the child has a funny feeling in their tummies and feel that something is not quite right it's probably not and it's ok to say NO I don't want to come or NO I'm going to tell my mum or NO etc etc. we should be discussing who the "safe" people are such as police man, shop assistant, mum with kids, older kids, teachers etc..
But kids normally have an instinctive feeling when things aren't quite right.
I'm not sure I'm explaining this well but I hope you get the drift.

That's what I was getting at when I said that if something makes DD feel yucky she should tell me.

The other day a close friend of ours was visiting with her two kids and her toddler choked on a piece of watermelon. She wasn't breathing and my friend, her hubby and I all flew into action trying to get her breathing, me on the phone to Triple zero... It was intense. My kids knew something was wrong and stayed out of the way and really quiet.

After it was all over and toddler was ok, DD told me she didn't feel good in her tummy. She started crying and said she felt sick when she thought about it and that she had felt really yucky when it was all happening.

So she knows the yucky feeling that I mean.