Question on my toddler?
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It is about time you can start explaining to him.
It's NEVER to early to teach your child about strangers. Make sure you explain as best you can what a stranger is.
Trust your instincts, he's your child, I told mine probably around that age I also told them that if a stranger ever tried to take them away that it's ok to scream and kick and bite.
3 is not too early. Give him examples of people who are not strangers (Aunt Betty, Grandma, Mr. Perkins next door... people you know), and he will get it. Good for you for starting early!
It is not to early if he is ask you question. You start early and it will stay with him. My grandchildren was taught early too. You just have to keep it up and remind them so often.
he needs to understand what a stranger is, and understand that no one is allowed to take him someplace without mom knowing.
its better to teach him his full name and address at this age. But its excellent to be starting the no to strangers drill. Just make sure he knows who a stranger would be.
The younger the better. Good job!! Teaching a child to say no to strangers is one of the best things you can ever do. One thing to also remember, he has the right to say, "Don't touch me" too. Make sure he knows the difference between good touch and bad touch too because in today's world sometimes it's not the strangers that you have to worry about.
A good rule of thumb is that if he doesnt know a person's name, that person is a stranger
So if he asks you "Daddy, is that man a stranger?"
You can reply, "Do you know that man's name?"
Him, "No."
You,"Well if you don't know his name, then he is a stranger. It would not be a good idea to talk to him."
its never to early to protect your child, don't wait, just talk to him in words he can understand. I was a very friendly 4 year old, I thought everybody was my friend. An older man grabbed me by the hand in the store and tried to walk out with me, thank God the store cashier knew who I was and turned the auto-lock on the doors on so he couldn't take me out of the store. We lived in a small town where everybody knew everybody (except the old guy), so no body ever talked to me about strangers until after this happenned. It turned out the guy was wanted for raping and killing 3 girls under the age of 5. Keep doing what your doing, don't wait, your child's life could depend on the decisions he makes based on what you've taught him. There's a book called Stranger Danger that explains how to talk to your child in words he'll understand and there's little drawings and stories to help your child understand without freaking them out when they meet someone new, I ingrained it into my kids!
When my daughter was in 4th grade, a student in her class, Dorian Thomas was abducted, its been 8 years and there hasn't been 1 sign of him (or his remains)
love your baby, and keep him safe
No it okay. Its never to ealry to start teaching your kids not to talk to strangers. Its a wonderful thing actually...it'll affect them later in life. If you start teaching them things at an ealry age...imgaine how smart and responsible they'll be when teenagers! And as we all know.being a teenager is hard but keep on doing yo thang lol (my neice taught that to me)
You are doing a great job. It's never too early to start teaching your child safety. You sound like a great parent.
Don't learn him say only "NO" to strangers.Imagine this:
-Are your parents home?
-NO!
-Is that your mother over there?
-NO(even if it is or it's not,it's dangerous for your child that somebody knows there isn't a mother around)!
If the child learns to stay away from stranger at the age of 3,imagine what will happen at the age of 5 when he go to school.There would be plenty of strangers and what?He will stay away from them and not make friends.Even if you have explained that they are good people,for him they would still be strangers.And what does he know about strangers?No,No and No to strangers!
About the strangers on the street,not all of them are bad people.You will easily recognise them by the way they talk to your child and if then they turn to you.
I think it's much better to start now then waiting until he's 8. Just be careful that he doesn't get the impression that everyone he doesn't know is a stranger and refuse to talk to preschool teachers or doctors.
it is never to early to teach them anything. you are doing the right thing. dont forget that 3 year old can get away from you very fast at the store or wherever. they understand alot more then anyone thinks.
It's always a good idea to tell them to not go with someone they don't know, but like my children's pediatrician said, really, there is no point in talking about strangers because you'll only scare them. Truthfully, a person who wants to abduct your child, could scam a 12 year old into following them, ie a dog, or a video game. So a 3 year old wouldn't even be an obstacle, really.
What my ped did recommend is that if he/she gets lost in a store, tell them to go to a woman, preferably with kids, and she'll help find the mom. So that's what I have told my son.
All in all, just try to keep tabs on your child at all times, obviously, and try to help him understand that if he doesn't know the person, then to not speak with them unless you are present.
It's never to early to make your child aware of "stranger danger". The more information they have the better off they will be!
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