And thus Gavin de Becker (in Protecting the Gift which I attempt to get all parents everywhere to read) suggests that teaching little kids not to talk to strangers is foolish -- it's much better to teach them how to tell whether or not a stranger is safe to talk to.
It's something that comes up in my teen classes, too. When we do boundary-setting scenarios the younger girls (13 or 14) often try to pull a 'I'm not supposed to talk to strangers' or 'I'd just go find my parents' and I have to point out to them that as they're becoming adults they'll be talking to lots of strangers & their parents won't be around.
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Date: 2005-06-27 07:55 pm (UTC)It's something that comes up in my teen classes, too. When we do boundary-setting scenarios the younger girls (13 or 14) often try to pull a 'I'm not supposed to talk to strangers' or 'I'd just go find my parents' and I have to point out to them that as they're becoming adults they'll be talking to lots of strangers & their parents won't be around.