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I have a three-year-old daughter who is busy and chatty as can be... Always wants to talk to everyone and show of her new knowledge. Which results in moments of beaming pride and utter embarassment. The other day, when I was at the office, she went to the doctor with her babysitter. She walked up to someone in the waiting room and said, "Hi, my name is ******* ******* and my mommy is lost." Here we go...
So we began learning about "stranger danger" complete with Winnie the Pooh's "Too Smart for Strangers" video cassette. Which prompted a million toddler questions. It went a little like this:
"Mommy, who are the bad people?"
"They could be anyone."
"Are they boys or girls?"
"They could be either."
"Are they big or little?"
"They could be either."
"Do they have long hair or short hair?"
"Both I suppose."
"What are their names?"
And so on and so forth. Which completely terrified me and made realize how many sleepless nights and gray hairs I have to look forward to as a parent. How do you teach someone so innocent, so pure and so good that there are people out there looking for just that?
When I was little, the dialogue began and ended with that conversation. Don't talk to strangers. Don't take candy from them. Don't get into their cars. End of story. But today's youth face so much more.
I guess as parents our responsibilities need to evolve with the changing times. I know it's been a while since I've posted- I do apologize. My family and my career keep me very busy. I need your input. This site has a lot of potential to unite us, as parents, in an effort to keep our children safe. But without your voices, there is only me- rambling and overworked...
Please submit, please make suggestions, please tell your stories, please let me know what you think.
We're all in this together.
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