Stranger Danger

So, I had preschool here today & I was teaching them about "Strangers." The idea of the lesson stemmed from my Tess. We were talking about "Strangers" & when you see someone that you don't know,& they want to give you some candy, what do you do. I was thinking that she would say the obvious, "well, you tell them no & run to get your mom or adult that your with." No not "MY" Tess, she says, "Well, I would say hi & tell them my name & then they are not strangers any more, because they know me." Yah, BAD ANSWER!!! So, I found all of this fun stuff on line, with pages for them to color & questions to answer.

As, we were going over all of the info, like, you should never get into the car with someone that you don't know, & you never take candy from them (I said, as an example, what if someone had gum drops, & wanted to give you some, what do we do? One of the girls said, I don't like gum drops, but I really like cookies!~ Oh, good, so don't worry about taking something you hate, just take the things you like! Oh, they make me laugh!) So, anyways, we are talking & coloring & there were 4, 5 yr old's & Parker. We continued talking & I just really wanted to let them know how important it is, that strangers, could also, be women not just men, and they were quite concerned about that. They didn't think that a woman could be bad. At the end of the lesson, we were having a review, & I say, "Now remember, you never leave with anybody, that your not supposed to, especially when you start school in the fall, & one of the girls, said, "Yeah, if you got in the car with someone & you thought they were going to take you to your home & they took you to theirs, then they would take you in & cut off your arms & legs, and then you couldn't move." Well, let's just say that this was the high light of the lesson, you should have seen the looks on a couple of the other girls faces. I had to seriously, back up on that one, and try to smooth everything over. So, much for my safety with strangers lesson. I think that I totally scared the crap out of all of them! So, Mothers, I'm so Sorry! I hope that you don't end up with crying/scared kids in your bed tonight. That was totally not the intention.

So, moral of the story, Don't let Me Teach Your Children about Stranger Safety!