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'Don't Talk to Strangers' is Dangerous Advice

by Lenore Skenazy, Posted Jul 20th 2010 11:00AM

Want to keep your children safe? Teach them to talk to strangers. Oh, sure, that's easy for me to say -- Ms. Free-Range Kids. But it's not just me. "We have been trying to debunk the myth of stranger danger," says Ernie Allen. He's the head of the ...
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Riding with a stranger

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 14th 2007 1:00PM

There's a fine line between keeping your kids safe and instilling an unhealthy, anti-social fear of anyone they don't know. It can be a very tough call, sometimes. My general rule of thumb is that the kids are free to talk to anyone they like when ...
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Let's stop being scared

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 10th 2006 4:32PM

The bogeyman is out there, waiting to snatch your child at random. Or, at least, this was the message from my television last night, as I watched a random legal drama in which a generically cute little girl is whisked away from the playground by a ...
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When is attention to your children, too much?

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Aug 16th 2006 7:58PM

I just returned from a fun errand with Truman in the bike trailer. We hung out downtown, where everyone commented on his happy perfection. A man heading to his smoke break helped me park the trailer, which wanted to poke out into the truck loading ...
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