Teaching 3 Year Old About Strangers

I would say to let him keep talking about it. I find repetition is the best way for my kids to learn something. We talk about the same stuff over and over. As long as he is not freaking himself out about it, discuss it rationally each and every time it comes up. You dont want him to not talk about it just because it is a scary topic in case it really happens or he sees something happen. You want him to always tell you about stuff, scary and non-scary.

I agree, this topic is hard. I unfortunately opened up this can of worms with a disney movie, believe it or not. We watched the movie 'The Rescuers' and in it are 2 little mice who save a little girl named Penny from a character called Medusa and Medusa's mean partner. Medusa kidnapped Penny from an orphanage and made Penny look for a lost diamond. The plot made my daughter very curious and she talked about Medusa alot. I started having to elaborate on the movie and how mean Medusa is, and how kids that are kidnapped are not happy and are mistreated. It turned out to be kind of a good teaching tool and Penny is a little girl that young kids can relate to. Now, we will bring up Medusa when we feel like she's being unsafe in a public setting, or even at home. We will tell her that's why she can't be outside by herself, etc.

I hope this helps. We started watching the movie when my daughter was 3 and 3 months. You can only buy it so you might want to preview it from a friend if you know someone with it before you buy it.

I'm extremely straight forward with my daughter. At 3 she learned all about stranger danger and wouldn't take it serious at all. She would tell me that if a stranger got her she'd beat him up and run away. I finally had to tell her very graphically what he would do to her and how he/she would over power her. At 5 years old now she is finally getting it. They think they're invisible or unhurtable it's frustrating. I was watching America's Most Wanted the other night and a 5 year old girl was kidnapped,raped, murdered and I made my daughter sit down and watch it. I was like you see... do you see... this is why mommy likes to know where you are at all times. I hate to do this but this is reality the world is harsh.

Since we have no clue which stranger is naughty and which is nice I'd rather have my kids fear everybody they don't know. Why not? I've seen shows where parents pound into the kids head about strangers but in the end the stranger is still able to coax the kid. Keep your eyes on your kids at all times. I don't care if I am considered overprotective. It's my kid and I have to keep my kid in my view as much as I humanely can to ensure this stuff doesn't happen. I was a teenager and even somebody I knew touched on me. Where was my parents??? My Mom was doing dishes in the next room and I believe my dad was watching tv in the next room.

we found a video at the library that was Winnie the Pooh called "Too smart for strangers" it teachs small children in their own language.(what toddler doesnt respond to Pooh?) about stranger dangers and such