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This is why modern parenting guidance tends away from a blanket stranger danger policy toward something a bit more nuanced like "beware of a grownup who approac
by mikepurvis 7y ago
This is why modern parenting guidance tends away from a blanket stranger danger policy toward something a bit more nuanced like "beware of a grownup who approaches you or initiates a conversations with you, but if you are in trouble, almost any grownup who looks safe to you is probably someone you can ask for help."
You can add a few more layers like seeking out someone in a uniform or who has a stroller, but generally speaking most people minding their own business are perfectly safe.
- tialaramex 7y agoUK Advice is moving towards "Clever Never Goes". http://clevernevergoes.org/ http://clevernevergoes.org/ Honest grown-ups will be annoyed that a lost child refuses to come with them to the obvious "lost children" place, but they'll put up with it while somebody tries to figure out where the people responsible for that child are. Somebody with nefarious motives will probably need to take the child somewhere else though - by refusing to go they're protected.
- skrebbel 7y agoWow, that site is awfully bad. I had to go through 3 pages + one excruciatingly slow video all of which just told me how amazing their organization is, but I still didn't know what "Clever Never Goes" means. tl;dr for the rest: it means: "Never go anywhere unless it was planned beforehand".
- mrgill 7y agoYeah. Funny this is they have a good UX but terrible copywriting. No info at all on what they do unless you dig deep.
- specialist 7y agoThat would have been awesome to implement. My son was always hyper social. (I have no idea where he got that from.) Would walk up to any one, everyone and start a convo. While it's fantastic that my son was so open, trusting, there is still a risk. A little girl two grades ahead of him was abducted and then found dead on a beach. (Oak Harbor WA, should any one want to dox me.)