With different preschools in the Addison, Carrollton, and Farmers Branch area we want all parents and kids to distinguish between strangers and friends.Keeping kids safe from strangers is an important topic to teach kids while they are young so they can have a better understanding of whose bad and whose good.

What is the meaning of a stranger? Is a stranger a friend of the family?

Strangers are people who we don’t know. It is harder to teach younger kids about strangers. Kids that are under 9 may not fully understand the meaning of strangers they sometimes have this description of a stranger as being a mean looking person. It is very important to stress to kids that strangers are people that they don’t know.

Strangers are not close family members but are people who we may see working in the malls or the pizza guy who may seem friendly. Kids often think that strangers are people that are not looking normal or people who may seem weird. The truth is that strangers are people we don’t know.

Is it safe to talk to Adults?

How does a child make the distinction between a stranger and a safe adult? Children can make the distinction not someone’s looks, but by their behavior explains that there are lots of good people in the world, but there are some “tricky” people as well.

Teachers need to educate their students very specifically. For instance, when they are on a field trip they need to tell them specifically who is a safe adult and who is not. For example, it’s okay to talk to the bus driver and answer his questions, but not necessarily an adult who comes up to you out of nowhere. Some adults may ask kids questions and tend not to be harmful but just to be safe kids should not talk to strangers without their parents or responsible adult around them.

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