With the dangers surrounding our children today the best thing we can do is to educate them and teach them how to keep themselves safe and watch out for dangers around them. We have always been concerned about teaching our children how to be safe from strangers but had no idea how to approach the subject in a gentle manner as to not scare them.
I had seen John Walsh had made a DVD just for children on the issue. I purchased the DVD and found it to be perfect for my children! Not only is it entertaining, but it focuses on prevention rather than telling your child not to let others touch you and what bad things people could do. It talks about how strangers are like dogs, you never know if they are a good dog or a bad dog so you need to be careful and always have your safe side adult help guide you.
They put a lot of humor in the movie to try and keep children entertained. They also teach children to be aware of their surroundings. They talk about a safe circle and to not let strangers in their safe circle. They address kinda knows too. They tell children to have 3 safe side adults that your parents trust that could pick you up from school or help you. This was great for me to talk to Aly about and have her understand who would be allowed to pick her up from school and why. We also talked about what to do if someone that was not on our safe side adult list try to pick her up from school.
Anyway, for any parent with children I highly recommend this DVD. I think it is best suited for children ages 4-10 years of age. Children younger than four may not find it entertaining as it is not in cartoon format. Plus they may not understand all of the concepts. Children over ten may find it to be cheesy and make fun of it and think it is for babies.
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