How can I stop my daughter from hugging and kissing strangers???

[mummyloveslucy]

Hi, do any of you have any ideas of was to teach my 5.5 year old daughter about appropriate behaviour with strangers?
She used to hug and kiss strangers when she was younger but we thought she'd grown out of it. Recently she's started doing it again, to shop keepers usually, or people on the bus.

The problem is, she gets good reactions from the people she does it too. They say "aagh isn't she sweet" etc, or "your so friendly arn't you?". I've tried telling her that not everyone likes it and she says "yes they do, it's nice".
I've tried telling her that not everyone is friendly, but she dosn't understand. To her, if they smile, they are friendly.

It can be very embarassing trying to prize her off people. Do you know if there are any books we could read together on this subject?

I have no answers for you I am afraid but would love to know as my 4.2 son does it as well and it is can be a bit worrying.

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We had the same problem with dd1 (but she would only hug men). Someone on here gave me a social story (can't remember who) which seemed to work well. We also taught her 'an arms length for people you dont know and an elbows length for friends'.