Periodically, I think about Stranger Danger.\u00a0 Mostly at inopportune times, when suddenly it occurs to me I haven\u2019t discussed Stranger Danger enough with my kids.<\/p>\n
And while most kids may be startled and thrown off by this approach, my kids have learned to roll with it \u2013 as one would when one has such a charming and fun (not to mention pretty!) mother.<\/p>\n
Case in point?\u00a0 This latest example of The Stranger Danger Talk.<\/p>\n
Hubby and I were at the airport earlier this week getting ready to ship the kids back east by themselves to visit my parents (thanks, Mom & Dad!).<\/p>\n
As we were waiting at the gate, I took a look at their tickets and noticed that while they were both in the same row, one was seated by the window and one was on the aisle.\u00a0 Which left a whole seat open in between them for\u2026duhn, duhn, duhn\u2026STRANGER DANGER!<\/p>\n
So we discussed all the ways they could avoid being separated by a stranger intent on sitting in between them on the plane.\u00a0 But because I can\u2019t leave well enough alone and now Stranger Danger is in my head, I asked them both quietly what they would do if a stranger did sit between them despite their best efforts and tried to touch my babies-on-a-plane-by-themselves inappropriately.<\/p>\n
Sissy, not at her first Stranger Danger rodeo, immediately launches in to how she \u2013 if the stranger is a guy \u2013 will punch him in the throat and groin while shouting \u201cStranger Danger!\u201d<\/p>\n
Sonny, watching Sissy go through her Stranger Danger motions chimes in with, \u201cI call what she\u2019s doing the Pinocchio Approach.\u201d\u00a0 At which point he mimics a wooden boy whose puppeteer is pulling on his strings such that his right arm and right leg are moving simultaneously in a punching\/kicking motion.\u00a0 Up and out.\u00a0 Up and out.\u00a0 Up and out.<\/p>\n
Ok, good.\u00a0 They know some stuff.\u00a0 The Pinocchio Approach is a nice touch.<\/em><\/p>\n So I pose my next question, \u201cBut what if it\u2019s a woman?\u00a0 Stranger Dangers aren\u2019t always men.\u201d<\/p>\n To which Sissy replies with, \u201cthen you do THIS!\u201d And she demonstrates with more hand motions \u2013 two fists coming straight at my chest.<\/p>\n I back away and say, \u201cREALLY?!\u00a0 Did you learn that somewhere??\u201d<\/p>\n She says, \u201cNo, but I know when I get hit with a softball in the boob it really hurts, so I figured that would work.\u201d<\/p>\n Hmmm.\u00a0 That\u2019s a great point.\u00a0 I\u2019ve gotten a chestful of soccer ball myself and what she says is true.<\/em><\/p>\n But since we haven\u2019t heard nearly enough from Sonny on the topic, I turn to him and ask him what he would do during Stranger Danger.<\/p>\n He said that no matter who it was, he\u2019d punch them in the stomach and then shout, \u201cI\u2019m not going to like your social media posts!\u201d<\/p>\n And thus concludes another successful conversation on the topic of Stranger Danger.\u00a0 Stranger Danger 2017.<\/p>\n Thanks for stopping by.\u00a0 Where have you been these last few months?\u00a0 I missed you.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t be such a…Stranger next time.\u00a0 Heh, heh, heh.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Periodically, I think about Stranger Danger.\u00a0 Mostly at inopportune times, when suddenly it occurs to me I haven\u2019t discussed Stranger Danger enough with my kids. And while most kids may be startled and thrown off by this approach, my kids have learned to roll with it \u2013 as one would when one has such a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[384,383,379,380,382,381],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4605,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions\/4605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newstayathomemom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}