Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Let's talk about strangers

I took the girls to the pediatrician for their 3 year check up a few months ago. While there the doctor reminded me about educating the girls about strangers. Good point, I guess it's never too early to start. So that night we were in the car driving to my sisters and I decided to bring it up. The conversation went a little like this...

me..a stranger is someone you do not know, sometimes they are nice, but sometimes they aren't. If a stranger walks up to you and wants to give you candy, you run and find mommy.
So what do you do if a stranger wants to give you candy?
Kayla ... say please!!!
me.. . no you would run and get mommy.

so there was a man standing on the sidewalk when we were at the red light. I pointed to the man and said...

me.. If that man wanted to give you candy what would you do...
girls.. say please!!

Oh boy! We'll keep working on this.

11 comments:

Jyl @ MommyGossip said...

At least they are polite, right? Also... love the four friends pic. Ya-Ya Sisterhood in the making!

girlytwins said...

Rolling on the floor right now. My girls would do circus tricks for candy if someone offered it to them :)

Cecily R said...

Hahahaha! That's kidism perfection!!!

Danyele Easterhaus said...

super funny...my #1 kiddo use to tell people her name, so that made them NOT strangers. kids!

Stephanie said...

Hey, they've learned their manners! My daughter loves to say hi to everyone in a store. She'd probably be right there with yours for the candy.

Claremont First Ward said...

Wow. They have great manners. You're doing something right!

Jocasta said...

Oh sweet girls!

Jaime said...

That's so funny! Scary, but funny. I'm sure my kids would be the same way...

Tracy said...

you've reminded me that I need to start talking to my girls about this stuff every now & then. I think I saw someone post some great info on how to do this - or maybe there was a website, anyway. good job.
after this first conversation - it must be hard to know how to continue - lol.

Casey's trio said...

I better start having these talks with my girls because they would respond just like your girls...

Shannon said...

I just love the innocence of kids. Too bad we have to burst their little bubbles with talk of strangers. Necessary evil. Good for you for having the conversation.