Stranger Danger And How To Talk To A Toddler About It

 

Morgen took her eyes off of Charlie for literally seconds to tend to Auggie’s pooey diaper, only to discover that Charlie was being returned by a father that saw her run off in those couple of seconds of wiping! 

It made Morgen and Trisha realize that it’s never too soon to talk to the girls about stranger danger, but they’re three, so how do you go about making them aware without scaring them?

It starts with the basics, discussing their feelings and intuition, talking through personal space, so they don’t go up to strangers and finding ways that relate and make sense to a toddler. Oh, and repetition, repetition, repetition.  

Morgen and Trisha both stumbled across an article on four easy steps to teaching children about the danger of strangers. It went over what to do in a situation when a child gets separated from you. Oh, and listen in for another article Trisha references. A mother taught her daughter a unique way of recognizing stranger danger that both Morgen and Trisha plan to teach Charlie and Remi!

 

Links:

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/teach-stranger-danger-in-4-easy-steps/