Parents Talk: Stranger Danger

Parents Talk is a weekly feature on Waukee Patch where we reach out to those moms, dads, grandparents, etc. looking for a resources and information (or maybe just a sounding board) to talk about parenting. We invite and encourage you to tell your friends about Parents Talk, too. After all, we can’t build a community without your help. We hope that you will contribute your ideas, questions, anecdotes and advice to other parents in your hometown.

In the next few weeks, we will also be organizing a Parents Council that will help answer some of your questions and offer practical, real world solutions. The council will consist of experts (see: other parents) who can speak firsthand about everything from potty training to the best pediatricians to surviving driver’s education with a teenager.

We hope you’ll use Parents Talk as one of the many resources you can find for raising happy, healthy children.

Please take a moment to weigh in on the comments below.

This week's discussion topic:

My 3-year-old daughter is very outgoing. She loves to have people's attention and will talk to whomever will listen. My problem is that she's almost too social. We've tried to talk to her about stranger danger, but she doesn't seem to fully understand yet.

How do I make her understand that not everyone who approaches her is a good person?