Stranger Danger

Wednesday I took the kids to an activity entitled "Stranger Danger" that a local moms club had arranged with the police department. The policemen talked to the kids about strangers and what to do if strangers were to approach them. They also told them about good strangers. One of the policemen dressed up as a fireman to show them that, although he might look and sound scary, he was there to help them and it was okay to go to this kind of a stranger. The highlight for the kids was definitely the police dog named Maco. He is a drug dog and put on quite a show for the kids. A scary thing happened during the presentation - the policemens' walkie-talkies went off, announcing a possible child abduction. Thank goodness it turned out to be a false alarm and the policemen handled it really well when they explained to the kids what had just happened. Quite fitting for this particular activity. They handed out goodie bags to the kids that contained stickers and little badges which Savannah and Xander immediately put on.