Examples of stranger danger scenarios for kids to understand

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🛑 Stranger Danger Basics: A stranger is anyone you or your parents don't know well.
• 🗣️ Safe Strangers: Police officers, firefighters, and store employees can be safe strangers if you need help when you’re lost or in trouble.
• 🚫 Never Go: Never go anywhere with a stranger, accept gifts, or get in their car.
• 📣 Yell and Run: If a stranger makes you feel uncomfortable, yell loudly and run to a safe place.
• 🤝 Buddy System: Always try to be with a friend or sibling when you're out.
• 📱 Tell a Trusted Adult: Always tell your parents, teachers, or another trusted adult if a stranger approaches you or makes you feel uneasy.
• 🔑 Secrets: A stranger might ask you to keep a secret from your parents – this is a big red flag!

🚦 Practice Quiz

1. A stranger offers you candy and asks you to come to their car. What should you do?
   1. Go to the car to get the candy.
   2. Politely decline and walk away.
   3. Yell "Thank you!" and run towards the car.
   4. Ask your friend if they want to go too.
2. You are lost in a store. Who is a safe stranger you can ask for help?
   1. Another lost child.
   2. A store employee wearing a name tag.
   3. Someone sitting on a bench.
   4. Anyone who smiles at you.
3. A stranger asks if you want to see cute puppies in their house. What should you do?
   1. Say yes immediately.
   2. Ask if your parents can come too.
   3. Say no and walk away quickly.
   4. Ask what kind of puppies they are.
4. Someone you don't know says your mom asked them to pick you up from school. Your mom didn't tell you this. What should you do?
   1. Go with them, since they know your mom.
   2. Call your mom or ask a teacher for help.
   3. Ask them to wait while you get your backpack.
   4. Tell them you'll be right back and then run away.
5. A stranger compliments your new shoes and asks where you live. What is the best response?
   1. Tell them your address.
   2. Say thank you and walk away without giving information.
   3. Ask them if they like your shoes.
   4. Tell them you got them at the mall.
6. You are playing outside, and a stranger asks you to keep a secret from your parents and come with them. What should you do?
   1. Promise to keep the secret and go with them.
   2. Tell them you need to ask your parents first.
   3. Run away and tell a trusted adult immediately.
   4. Ask what the secret is.
7. What is the most important thing to remember about stranger danger?
   1. Strangers are always nice.
   2. It's okay to go with a stranger if they have candy.
   3. You should never talk to strangers.
   4. Your safety is the most important thing, and it's okay to say no and get help.