Not Everyone Is Nice: Helping Children Learn Caution With Strangers

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Summary: A good story for opening a discussion about stranger safety
Review: In today's world, it is very important to speak to children about safety and strangers. How do you begin such discussions with young children? Much information exists to help parents teach children what to do in dangerous situations. Parents should begin teaching children about safety at a very young age.

The book, "Not Everyone Is Nice," gives parents an opportunity to discuss stranger safety with young children. The story is about a little girl who is almost kidnapped by a stranger. The story explains that there are many people in this world who are nice, but there are also some who are not. The book includes some safety tips for children and parents.

MyParenTime.com recommends this book -- it gives parents a great opportunity to discuss stranger safety with their children. If parents make safety discussions a part of their child's everyday lives, they will be become informed and empowered...and not afraid to discuss their own safety as they grow.

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Summary: Teaches an important lesson without being scary
Review: This is a great children's book, teaching children about the potential danger represented by strangers in a way that is very entertaining and not at all scary.
The prior reviewer neatly summarized the story line, so I won't retype the same things. What I will add is that I got this book for my nephew and it turned out to be the perfect gift-- he enjoys the story and the colorful pictures, yet at the same time he is learning a very important lesson. Every time we get to the part in the book where the little girl approaches the stranger in the car, my nephew tells me "that's a no-no." He doesn't seem scared or anxious, yet he's learned the important central lesson of the book.
One of the co-authors is a psychologist and she's obviously taken great pains to make sure the tone of the book is exactly right for young readers. Included also, for parents, is a list of safety tips, which my sister, as a first-time parent, found extremely useful.
Before I read the book, I worried that it might be too serious and intimating for children, but having seen it, I'm a big fan. I'll probably buy several more copies as gifts for other children we know.