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Originally Posted by Jinn
Do tell. How do you expect a 6 year old to tell the good strangers from the bad strangers?
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There shouldn't be a 'stranger' category in a child's head. (and in fact, there really isn't...someone who is attractive, friendly to them or they have seen a couple times automatically becomes filed as "not a stranger") They are FAR more likely to be kidnapped/abused by someone they know than a 'stranger', so by teaching them "stranger danger", two things are accomplished:
*you teach them to mistrust potentially helpful people
*you imply that they can trust potentially harmful people
How are either of these things beneficial?