As children we
were taught about a thing called Stranger Danger meaning we
should never speak to people we dont know as we may be faced with
a dangerous situation. The truth is, this teaching damaged us as
children who are now young adults who dont know how to communicate
effectively with people we do not know. Although the thought behind
this lesson we all learned at a young age was believed to be the
best thing for us, was it really beneficial or detrimental?Many
parents teach their children not to speak to strangers unless they
are in uniforms and only when the child is lost. What happens if
the child cannot find a uniformed adult, do they start running
until they find one? The answer is probably no. Is that setting a
filter for who these children become friends with when they are
older? Although most parents dream of their child becoming a
firefighter, or police officer or someone of the like, you have to
ask, will it be your childs dream job in the end or will it be
the choice they make the next time they feel afraid? Quite often I
see the more detrimental side of the stranger danger lesson than
the beneficial side in that these children are so worried that
every new person may kidnap them that they begin to fear the world
around them entirely. They are too scared to go
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Where do we
draw the line when it comes to this topic without shaping who our
children will become friends with in the future and who they see as
the real heros? A good start, come up with a better phrase than
stranger danger because not every person we don't know, is going
to be a threat. Instead to teach children to be safe in situations
with a lot of strangers, parents should use the idea of
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