The Safe Side - Stranger Safety: Hot Tips To Keep Cool Kids Safe With People They Don't Know And Kinda Know
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Movie Reviews of The Safe Side - Stranger Safety: Hot Tips To Keep Cool Kids Safe With People They Don't Know And Kinda Know
Movie Review: Finally - a way to teach children about strangers without using the "S" word!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this video mainly for my fearless 7 year old who has never met a stranger - everyone is a friend in her eyes. I have 2 girls - 7 and 4. This movie is enjoyable and educational - something that the whole family can watch, laugh at, and learn from. Safe Side Superchick categorizes people into 3 groups - for example, mom and dad are on your safe side, strangers are "don't knows" and coaches and neighbors are "kinda knows". For most, the term stranger takes on the connotation of some leering mean-looking guy. I've been struggling with a different term to use and they coined it perfectly! "Don't knows" are simply people you don't know. They are people you want to stay away from because as Safe Side Superchick says "they may hurt you". There are no over the top scare tactics - just hilarious skits that teach amazing lessons that kids will learn from.
Skit: Just because you are a black belt in karate doesn't mean you can take down a don't know!
Skit: Don't tell anyone your name unless your safe side buddy is with you and says it's ok.
Skit: Don't answer the door unless your safe side buddy is right next to you.
Skit: If you are lost, find a store employee or a woman with kids to help you.
Skit: Don't let a don't know into your safety circle.
Skit: If a don't know asks you for help run! (can you help me find my kitten?)
Skit: If a don't know tries to take you yell "you aren't my mom!" or "you aren't my dad!"
There are so many other great skits - these were the ones I could remember off the top of my head.
This is such a wonderful resource and should be mandatory watching in every school and service group - brownies, boy scouts, etc. Do yourself and your family a favor and get this video!
Movie Review: Fantastic!!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Honey, some people are not very good people." "Which one's, Mommy?" "Well,...we don't know who's bad and who's not, sooo..."What do they look like?...the bad guys?" Umm,...well,..I guess they can look like anybody..."You mean like Grandma?" Well, no,...ummm, I mean I guess they could...
I wasn't doing a good job of explaining stranger danger to my three year old twins. I find it very difficult to explain to my children (without being graphic) why some people are not okay for them to talk to or go with. They do not understand the concept and I have ended up frightening them of something they can't comprehend.
Stranger Safety allows the parent to designate a "Safe" person or people in their child's life, such as the parents, grandparents etc. Other people (even the ones the kids "Kinda' Know") have to be "screened" by their 'safe" person. This removes any confusion a child may have about who is okay to associate with. For example, it would not be okay to take a ride from the neighbor if the child's "safe" person has not okayed it first. I find that much easier for a kid to understand.
Put together by John Walsh (from America's Most Wanted) and Julie Clark (of Baby Mozart fame) the movie uses a silly character to talk to kids about the people around them in a clear and concise way that has my kids (even my know-it-all nine year old) riveted to the screen. It is not at all scary, which was important to me. I would recommend taking a moment with your child to watch with them and make sure they know who the safe people in their lives are and to personalize it so they know what to do or say in certain situations.
A wonderful, easy way to capture kids attention to talk to them about a very serious subject.
Movie Review: Very, Very Good
Summary: 5 Stars
We have spent a decent amount of time covering "stranger" safety in our home, and was worried that most of this would be review. Well, in reality, it was, but that ended up being almost better that way. My child got a chance to hear it all again from somebody else and therefore validating what I had been saying. We had already practiced yelling "this isn't my mom/dad" but watching Safe Side Super Chick tell us to do the same thing was wonderful reinforcement. It's great to discuss these things, and great to act them out, but watching it being done added another element.
The Safe Side Super Chick is funny and silly, but never overboard so that it detracted from the seriousness of the subject. We laughed a little while watching this, which served to diffuse the scariness. I think that the way people are categorized as "safe side adults", "don't knows", or "kinda knows" is an excellent guideline for children to use to make good decisions. The "kinda knows" seems to be the hardest category of people to explain to children, and often it made me feel like the paranoid mom to be saying "Yes, our neighbor is nice to say Hi to, but do we REALLY know them?" This dvd did an excellent job of going over those "kinda knows", such as your coach, your dad's friend, your neighbor, the person you regularly see at the store, and it never once sounded paranoid!
The only drawback to this series is that I wish it (or a subsequent title) would have addressed the subject of trusting your instincts and getting away from situations that "feel" wrong. Also, a little more in the way of sample situations would have helped. But overall, this is an excellent program.
Movie Review: Just Saved My Son At Disney World - a MUST SEE for every preschooler and gradeschooler
Summary: 5 Stars
I felt strongly I wanted my sons to see this movie before heading to Disney World at Christmas - the busiest time of year - so I ordered it and got it in time. They loved it and watched it over and over. Long story short - the next week at Disney World I ran to the restroom while my boys and their cousins were with their dad and other family. In an instant they were separated. My 5 year old son holding his 7 year old cousins hand got separated from the rest of the family. My son would not let the older cousins hand go, would not let him wander any more, instantly walked to "Amanda" (a lady with small kids) and said, "I've lost my family can you help us?" Amanda did help - she kept them right there hoping the family would retrace their steps - they did, they reunited and by the time I got there the boys were sitting on a fence in 'time out' for wandering away - while my son was also being praised for following the 'safe side' rules. I just think it's a "God-thing" that I felt so strongly that they saw this video before we went. Every parent should show their child this video. My boys are 5 and 3 and they love it - it is such a difficult thing to teach without terrifying kids - this video does it in a fun way that sticks in their little memories. Thank you a million times over for making this video. I'm buying multiple copies (one for the cousins too) right now.Movie Review: 5 Stars
This DVD is very corny! I loved it! My son who is 7 which is who I bought this for loves this DVD. He learned so much! It reinforced everything I had already said to him and more. I titled this review 'finally' because finally there is a video out there that talks about the dangers of people you KIND OF KNOW and not just STRANGERS because we as parents know that sometimes teachers, coaches, friends' parents, etc. have been known to do things to kids, and kids need to know when a certain situation is not appropriate for a kid and an adult which this DVD teaches. John Walsh the guy off of America's Most Wanted helped make this dvd and that was something I didn't know until I watched it. That made it even better in my opinion because of what happened with his son. This is a great DVD. It puts things in kids terms that they can understand. Like I said previously, for an adult it will be very corny, but the message is WONDERFUL! I also have a 3 year old and he wasn't interested, but he also isn't in the same kind of situations a school age kid would be in as far as being around other adults. He stays by me, but this dvd will be there for him when he is a little older and in those type of situations. Please buy this DVD! This could save your child's life! Be sure to watch it with them and interact with them! Please buy it! It is well worth it!