@ Dateline: My Kid Would Never Do That

[orangeblossom]

Any of you watching "My Kid Would Never Do That".  This particular episode, they're testing kids to see if they would get into car with someone or let them into the house when they're home alone.

Scary.

[ttt]

I am pretty sure my anxiety can't handle watching this. 

I'm gonna stick with the Tony awards. 

[orangeblossom]

Jun 7, 2015 19:58:29 GMT -5 ttt said:

I am pretty sure my anxiety can't handle watching this. 

I'm gonna stick with the Tony awards. 

Good choice!

[katfco]

Jun 7, 2015 19:57:55 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Any of you watching "My Kid Would Never Do That".  This particular episode, they're testing kids to see if they would get into car with someone or let them into the house when they're home alone.

Scary.

My mom did a test like this with my sister when we were kids. If anyone came to school saying our mom had sent them to get us, we were supposed to ask them the password. So one day, when my sister was in kindergarten, my mom had a friend come with her and go in to get her to test if she'd ask the password. My sister failed. 

[orangeblossom]

I'm ashamed to say, when I was about 14 or so, someone who worked on our house a time or two, saw me walking to the bus stop, and I got a ride from him. I don't know what in the world I was thinking.

The person did tell my parents though, and they talked to me and told me not to do it again. It could have ended very badly.

[jln]

I watched it. My son is only 3, but he's so incredibly friendly that I worry about him. Just today at the splash park he walked up to an older man (that was there with his grandson) and said hi and acted like he wanted to hang out with them. He has zero sense of stranger danger and it scares me. I wish that they would do a program like this but for little ones, because I really think parents should start working with their children early. And as a parent I have no clue how to teach my son about it.

[origami]

I'm pretty sure that if a guy wearing a scream mask carrying a machete asked my kids if they wanted to ride in the front seat of his car, they'd hop right in.

I can't even blame them for opening doors because I've done that here. If someone shows up to my building and says a bunch of things in korean, I'll get panicky, start wimpering and let them come right in. They could be telling me "I'm here to murder you" and Id be like ummm ok. Yes. *bows awkwardly*

[twohearted]

I saw a show like this once. It was quite alarming. I believe all the kids failed the gun test. Only one child passed not letting a stranger come into his house to make an emergency call. I felt so bad for him because he was in tears after. He thought it was truly someone who meant him harm.

[lissaholly]

Jun 7, 2015 20:10:58 GMT -5 jln said:

I watched it. My son is only 3, but he's so incredibly friendly that I worry about him. Just today at the splash park he walked up to an older man (that was there with his grandson) and said hi and acted like he wanted to hang out with them. He has zero sense of stranger danger and it scares me. I wish that they would do a program like this but for little ones, because I really think parents should start working with their children early. And as a parent I have no clue how to teach my son about it.

They are saying now that we should not teach " stranger danger " but hone our kids to understand threatening situations and learn to trust their judgement more. This article gives the basic jist:

www.newstatesman.com/voices/2013/09/stranger-danger-message-isnt-protecting-our-children-abuse

My daughter talked to everyone. I caught her giving someone out address at a museum to come visit us when she was 3. I stopped her before the whole address was out, so I get your fear!

[thejackpot]

When I was a freshman in college, my bff and I accepted a ride back to the metro from a guy who heard us talking about our trek while we were on the bus (he was a fellow passenger) and then he stopped at the drive through liquor store before he dropped us off. If that did not scare our silly asses straight I don't know what would have. I still can't believe we so willing went with him.

[MrsAxilla]

Jun 7, 2015 20:32:59 GMT -5 twohearted said:

I saw a show like this once. It was quite alarming. I believe all the kids failed the gun test. Only one child passed not letting a stranger come into his house to make an emergency call. I felt so bad for him because he was in tears after. He thought it was truly someone who meant him harm.

I asked Ben recently what he'd do if he saw a gun.  He said tell an adult.  I asked what he'd do if his friend picked up the gun.  He said "try to take it away".     Needless to say, we went over gun safety again in explicit terms.