How to Teach Your Kid About Strangers — Without Using Crazy Scare Tactics

February 11, 2015

Talking to strangers, however, is a topic that all parents confront at some point. Strangers are everywhere, and the truth is that some kids are simply more outgoing than others. Those talkative, super friendly kids do need to learn when to reach out to strangers and when to run the other way.

Each time I fly my kids across the country, I begin the long…

Katie Hurley, LCSW, is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Writer in Los Angeles, CA. Her work can be found on several popular online parenting sites, including EverydayFamily, Practical Parenting, and The Huffington Post. Her parenting book, The Happy Kid Handbook: How to Raise Joyful Children in a Stressful World, will be published at the end of October 2015 (Tarcher/Penguin). Katie enjoys life by the beach with her husband and two children.