Protecting Your Family

Has anyone given any thought at all to how dangerous it is to put the little decal families on the back of their vehicles???
I was behind one today that not only gave me the number of family members that belonged with that vehicle but also their names, their sexes, there birth order and also the names of all the family pets. As a teacher of preschoolers I'm here to tell you even the shyest child or the most reserved child in my class will pretty much open up once you start talking to them about things that are familiar to them. You are giving perfect strangers the keys to communicating with your child. Children believe that if you know their parent's names, you know about their siblings or you know about their pets you must be a friend to the family. Period. I had every intention of keeping this blog about art, literature, music, and fun but I couldn't let this go without being said. For those of you parents who insist there would be no chance for a stranger to come into contact with your child there is. People who prey on children wait for that chance and no matter how good your intentions, no matter how vigil your watch, at some point, we all look away. We get pulled away. We get distracted. So if you have the "decal family"or you know someone with the "decal family" just think about this and decide if it's worth the grief to you to give this kind of information out to the strangers around you.