| A good way to train your kid's skill at handling unknown | | | | What You Can Do |
| and strange situations is to practice "what if" scenes | | | | Firstly, you need to teach your kid to go with his |
| with them. This will help to prepare your kid when he | | | | instincts. Most kids will have a relatively low level of |
| actually faces a potentially dangerous situation and can | | | | experience with strangers. In such cases, it is better to |
| identify that he might be in danger. This training session | | | | play safe and if a stranger is asking him or her to do |
| should be accompanied by the proper response and | | | | something which doesn't feel right even in the slightest |
| actions so that kids know exactly what to do in order | | | | bit, your child should reject any help from that stranger |
| to get them out of trouble. At a young age, basic | | | | and be sure to stay in an area with good human |
| street smarts can be taught to children and will prove | | | | traffic where he can call out for help should the |
| invaluable at that age. | | | | stranger persist. |
| We can't control what our children do every minute. | | | | You also need to constantly point out authority figures |
| But we can help them think with proper parenting | | | | at a shopping mall or even out in the streets so that |
| guide, early in their lives, about what is and what is not | | | | your child knows that help from such people are |
| safe, so we can trust them to take responsibility for | | | | perfectly safe and that he should be looking out for |
| their actions and to make safe decisions now and as | | | | them if he's alone, be it lost at a shopping mall or |
| they mature. | | | | waiting outside the school. With parenting skill, parents |
| Stranger Danger | | | | can easily administer appropriate parenting solutions. |
| It is hard to have kids follow the age of teaching of | | | | You should also role-play some common scenarios |
| "don't talk to strangers". It is important to take note that | | | | that strangers may utilize to trick your child into |
| they need to also understand that not all strangers are | | | | following him or doing something that will put him in |
| bad people. If they get lost out in a shopping mall, most | | | | danger. Simple exercises like this will kick in and |
| of the people they encounter will be able to help them | | | | become very helpful in getting your child prepared for |
| and give them help. The tricky part is how to separate | | | | such scenarios. In the event a stranger approaches |
| a stranger that is offering help to them against one | | | | your kid, at least he's not being confused as to what's |
| who has a less than good motive. | | | | happening and he knows exactly how to react. |