Had the talk with my kids the other week. Apparently, it really doesn't sink in with a 6 and 4 year olds brain.

I never let the kids play out front unattended, but I did let them go out front the other day to water the tomatoes. After about 5 minutes, I notice that the front door was closed, open it up, only to see them talking to our back-pasture neighbor who was out walking her golden retriever, Tahoe, around the block.

The neighbor not-so-politely chewed on my ass in front of my kids (in parting) about not letting my kids talk to strangers.

The kids "recognized" her and Tahoe, but didn't and don't really see the difference between "recognizing" someone and "knowing" someone.