SMART: Girl, 10, Stopped Her Potential Kidnapping by Asking for ‘Code Word.’

Arizona-based mom Brenda James and her daughter Maddison Raines opened up to Good Morning America Tuesday about the incident that transpired last week, when Maddison and a friend were walking near a park and a stranger approached the duo in a white SUV.

According to the little girl, the man shielded his face while telling Maddison that her brother had “been in a serious accident” and he had been instructed to come pick her up. Maddison immediately asked him what the family’s code word was.

When the stranger didn’t know the answer, he blanked and immediately drove away, prompting Maddison to run home immediately and tell her grandmother what had happened.

I’m surprised neither my wife or I thought to do this with our kids, but we’ll be talking to them about picking a code word at dinner tonight.