Moms Talk
Don't Talk To Strangers...Or Should You?
This is an article about talking to your children about "stranger danger" with an additional question at the end.
Lately there have been some reports of sex offenders being arrested in the area so I am thinking it is time to have a little talk about “stranger danger." It's a phrase many parents use when we want to teach our children about strangers and the danger that can possibly be involved with conversing with people they do not know. I say the word “possibly” because I want parents to remember that talking to strangers is not really dangerous in itself. It is the answering of too many personal questions or the lightning-fast relationship that a stranger can develop for some not-so-kosher reasons that is dangerous. Children, pre-teens, teens and even some mentally-challenged adults can be tricked into giving a sex offender the information he or she…
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Cheryl Whittier
9:45 pm on Sunday, April 3, 2011
Your comment about many molestations being committed by family members, friends, mentors, and other trusted acquaintances is very true. We live in a world where more and more parents are not paying attention to their children's cries for help and many times are so involved in bad relationships themselves that they are putting their own selfish needs before their innocent children. Children cannot… more ›