Transcript Child Safety 101 Presentation

Livingston Police Department
What is a Stranger?
 A stranger
is someone your child
does not know well.
 Make sure your child doesn’t think
that only “bad” looking people are
strangers.
 Teach them about safe strangers that
they can ask for help. These include
police officers, security guards,
employees in a store, parents with
children.
Children Need to be Taught about
Strangers
 You
must find a balance.
Children need to know enough to
keep them safe, but not enough
to scare them.
 You can make games to teach
them. For example, when out in
public ask your child to identify
safe strangers.
What else do Children need to Know?
Make sure your child knows never to get
into a vehicle with a stranger unless they
have permission from a parent.
 Teach your child to never take food or
drinks from anyone without asking a
parent.
 Tell your child that an adult should not
ask a child for help with anything, i.e.
finding a lost pet, directions, etc.

Don’t say, “Don’t Talk to Strangers”…
Saying this may confuse a child
because they see you talk to strangers
all the time, i.e. the clerk in a store,
someone you meet in the park.
 Instead, help your child recognize the
warning signs of suspicious behavior,
such as when an adult asks them to
disobey their parents or do something
without permission, asks them to keep a
secret, asks children for help, or makes
them feel uncomfortable in any way.
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What should a Child do?
Teach children that if someone makes
them feel uncomfortable, they should run
away screaming. Teach them to run toward
people and run toward the back of any car
that approaches them (driving in reverse is
harder) and to keep screaming the whole
time. Then, they need to tell a trusted adult
what happened.
 If a child is grabbed by someone, they
should kick and scream, “This is not my
Mommy/Daddy!”
 It is important that a child knows that it is
okay for them to say “No” to an adult when
they feel uncomfortable.
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Sexual Predators

You can search online for registered
offenders. Simply search for “NJ sexual
offenders registry” and you will find a
link to the NJSP site.
Sexual Predators

If there is a sexual offender living in your
neighborhood, you can show your child
a photo of the person. You do not need
to go into detail about what the person
did. You can tell your child that this
person tried to do something bad to a
child. Tell your child that if they see the
person, they should avoid them and if
the person tries to talk to them, they
should run away and tell someone.
Sexual Predators
Teach your child that their body is
private, and that they must not let
someone touch their private parts (what
is covered by a bathing suit).
 Teach your child to immediately tell you
if someone tries to touch them, asks
them to undress, tries to undress them,
or tries to get them to touch that person.
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Any Questions?