Kids Talking To Strangers: 5 Important Safety Tips Parents Need To Teach Their Children

Many children are unaware of what to do when strangers approach them. Children talking to strangers can be very dangerous because the risk for kidnappings and assaults are increased by doing so. Parents need to teach their children how to react when strangers approach and talk to them.

Modern Mom shared some of the most important safety tips parents need to teach their children. Hopefully, these tips can help parents keep their kids safe from all kinds of harm and danger caused by talking to strangers

1. Uncomfortable feelings

Parents should teach kids how to recognize a potentially bad stranger. If a kid has feelings of uneasiness, awkwardness and being uncomfortable, these are signs that a stranger might have dangerous intentions.

2. Bad strangers cannot be spotted by physical appearance

Learning not to judge a person through his physical appearance is one of the best safety tips parents need to teach their children. Some bad strangers are physically attractive and some are not.

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3. An adult stranger will never ask a kid for help

Many bad strangers trick their victims by asking for help. Teach your kids that if an adult stranger asks them for help, they should decline politely and get to a safer place.

4. Kids should ask help from "safe" strangers

Children who need help or get lost should ask help from "safe" strangers. Safe strangers include policemen, school teachers, and owners of safe business establishments like restaurants. Kids should also learn to ask for help in a public place to avoid getting kidnapped and taken advantage of.

5. Learning how to say "NO"

Learning how to say "no" to strangers is one of the most important safety tips parents need to teach their children when talking to strangers. "If in a dangerous situation, kids should say no, run away, yell as loud as they can, and tell a trusted adult what happened right away," NCPC advised.