More peculiar person children are taught to avoid? (8)
I believe the answer is:
stranger
I believe this is a double definition.
'more peculiar' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)
'person children are taught to avoid?' is the second definition.
(Other definitions for stranger that I've seen before include "visitor" , "Regrants oddly to person unknown" , "Unfamiliar person" , "Alien; odder" , "Outsider" .)