I have 5 year old twins and a 3 year old. My twin girl and my little guy behave appropriately around strangers (stay close to me, but will speak when spoken to when they see I'm ok with it).However, my 5 year old boy has ZERO wariness of strangers. He wants to run to every stranger he sees, hug them multiple times without asking first, and tell them his full name and where we live.Each time, I talk to him and tell him we always have to ask before we touch someone, and we don't need to tell everyone our name and address. I also tell him that he should only talk to strangers if he is lost or needs help, or if I say it's ok.Last week we went to McDonald's, and he hugged every single person in line with us. Some of them thought it was adorable, but some seemed uncomfortable. I tried to get him to stay near me and stop touching people, but 2 seconds later he'd run off to hug someone new.Last night I had a salesman at my house to give us an estimate on some remodeling work. Twin girl and little guy said hello and went back to playing. Twin boy immediately hugged him, asked his name, told him his own name, and followed him around the house. I had to threaten and bribe him to get him out of the room, but he kept running in to hug this strange man he had never met.When I try to tell him this behavior is not appropriate, he often says "but I love them!"I don't want him to be afraid of all strangers, but he needs to respect boundaries and understand that not all strangers are nice people who want a hug from a random 5 year old.Any suggestions? via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2uJi7mC
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