My daughter is the exact same age as Lyric (Turned 11 in October). She is constantly manipulating what she can do and cannot do. She negotiates and when she loses, she is more likely to ask for forgiveness than permission. She isn't a bad kid at all. Doesn't do drugs, doesn't steal, isn't a bully; she really is a good kid, but she likes things her way. I worry about her because she does not seem to heed our advice on anything and I feel that stranger danger talks, as well as any other advice conversation goes in one ear and out the other. She acknowledges conversations, but then when she goes against them, we are met with responses like "I know that, but......" which tells me that even if she hears us, she doesn't care if it doesn't match what she wants to do. We have a big job ahead of us.
All that said, my point is that even good kids don't always listen to their parents.