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Learning About Strangers – Educating Our Children Without Scaring Them
What provoked this “talking to strangers” conversation with my children? It was months ago when a high risk pedophile moved about a mile from our family. The man charged had kidnapped a child and harmed him. As a community we were scared and upset. We started petitions to help tighten Vermont laws that allowed these…
Autism and Talking to Strangers
“Mommy, can I go talk to other people?” These sweet words were spoken to me recently by my son. Where were we? Once or twice a winter, my son and I drive up through the Angeles National Forrest. We live in the foothills below the San Gabriel Mountains, so this drive is easy for us.…
Why “Don’t Talk To Strangers” Can Put Your Child In Danger
The Dont Talk to Strangers campaign taught generations of children to fear strangers – and dont get me wrong there are bad strangers out there – but not all strangers are bad. The fact is you cant tell what is in someones heart by the way they look on the outside.
When Strangers Meet Via Autism
Here's another story about a recent autism experience. This one happened on Mother's Day. My husband and son took me out for brunch in Pasadena. We were seated in a booth. After we ordered, I noticed two women and an older boy being ushered to the table behind my husband and son by a waitress.…
Don’t Talk to Strangers 2.0 – What Your Kids Might Not Realize
The news from Cleveland last week was sickening on so many levels. My heart breaks for those three women, not only for what they endured these last ten years, but for what they lost, as well.