Teaching kids how to stay safe without making them afraid of the world around them is a balancing act that many parents struggle to get right. From simple lessons like looking both ways before ...

As the parent of young children in the late 1990s and early 2000s, there was a phrase bantered around that was meant to keep children safe. The phrase was “stranger danger.” It was used by parents on ...

This video features a social experiment designed to raise awareness about child safety and stranger danger. With parental consent, a controlled scenario is created to observe whether children follow ...

A recent interaction between a Santa Rosa man and two girls walking home from school highlight the need for parents to talk to children about “stranger danger“ awareness, police said Monday. The ...

When many of us were kids, safety talks boiled down to two simple words: “Stranger Danger.” Parents drilled it into us that strangers were the ultimate threat—creepy men in vans, suspicious adults at ...

Parents should stop teaching kids to fear all strangers. For parents, teaching kids how to navigate the world safely is scary, but necessary. One of those lessons, especially for younger kids, is ...