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Advice for teaching child not to talk to strangers

I have a VERY outgoing 3 year old who talks to everyone.  i'm trying to teach him not to talk to strangers but it isn't sinking in.... any advice?

Re: Advice for teaching child not to talk to strangers

  • It's hard. Noah is outgoing and talks to everyone, too.  Have you told him that a stranger is "someone you don't know"?  This is something that I go over with my kids often.  Because even Noah (who is almost 8), will say that a stranger is
  • We don't teach our kids not to talk to strangers. Most strangers are not going to do them any harm and we would want them to get help from strangers if needed. Some people specify what kind of adults to look for if a kid gets lost, but I don't want my

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  • DD gets into moods where she is the same way.  She's always telling the cashiers her name, her brother's name, how old she is, that she has a big dog, etc. 

    I don't think talking to strangers is a terrible thing. I mean, if she

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  • thansk for the tips.  yeah he is starting to think strangers=bad people for some reason so i had to remind him its just people we don't know. 

    of course i want him to be safe is what this is really about but i also hate all of the ex

  • I found this article via pinterest and I found it very helpful.  http://www.checklistmommy.com/2012/02/09/tricky-people-are-the-new-strangers/

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    DD gets into moods where she is the same way.  She's always telling the cashiers her name, her brother's name, how

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    I found this article via pinterest and I found it very helpful.  <A href="http://www.checklistmommy.com/2012/02/

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  • Ditto others, DD is very friendly with people and I don't want to scare her. So, she knows that she can feel free to talk to new people, but that she can't go anywhere without us. We don't really let her venture out of the sight of an adult, so I think we
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