Here at the Safety Center, concerned parents are often asking, “how do I teach my child about strangers?” We’ve been offering some helpful tips to families all year long, but these are some of our most important. John Walsh gives some of his best advice to help parents teach kids about who the safe adults in their lives are. Kids need to know how to react when faced with a situation or person that makes them feel uncomfortable. Many of these are common sense rules that you should remind your kids about as often as possible:
- If someone you don’t know tries to take you somewhere, you should yell out, “this is not my mother” or “this is not my father!”
- If someone comes to the door, never open it unless an adult is with you.
- Don’t’ speak to people you don’t know.
- Never give out personal information to someone you don’t know.
Check out the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)’s website for many more tips on how to keep your kids safe from dangerous situations.
2 Comments on "Ask John Walsh: How Do I Teach My Child About Strangers?"
dawn moylan
hi john.please help i would like to plant a tree for a friend of mine in chicago who in 1974 was at a carnival and abducted and there was no mention of his life or death except that his bones were found in palos park illinois…..his name is billy desousa and i cannot believe there is no justice………please respond or refer me to someone who can give billy respect. thank you dawn moylan dmrn24@aol.com
zenaida
Good advice for our children’s safety. but what about if this kind of information it could be every time during day from TV shows cartoons like spot-impresive or something and the parks and the schools that are the place most frecuently for kids….I wonder what about the authorities do not think on that? Please share this with another parents.
Thanks
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