Body Safety Blog

Teaching your kids these life-saving skills is so important during this uncertain time.

Online safety is great and necessary, but even more important is teaching kids about online grooming and how it could be dangerous.

In this video, I break down how online grooming can lead to child trafficking.

I talk about what parents need to teach beyond the basics of online safety.

What some of the red flags of grooming are.

And how to talk to kids about it so that they don't fall prey.

If you have questions or want to know more, connect with me. You can always find me at [email protected]

You can also learn more about the links I mention here:

GET THE SAFETY NETWORK GUIDE + POSTER:

https://www.consentparenting.com/safetynetwork

WATCH THE VIDEO ON WHAT TO DO IF A PREDATOR TRIED TO CONTACT YOUR CHILD: https://www.consentparenting.com/blog/the-first-step-to-do-if-a-predator-contacts-your-child

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https://www.bark.us/blog/teen-text-speak-codes-every-parent-should-...

This week I was interviewed by Wake Up with Marci to talk about the fact that a lot of parents are seeking alternative forms of daycare, which includes having friends and family babysit.

What no one is really talking about, is how this can be a vulnerable time for children to face higher rates of abuse due to the issues parents are facing currently.

I know it seems like a hard subject, but we must educate ourselves.

In this interview, you will learn what grooming is.
What are signs to look for from the perpetrator?
What are the signs we can look for in our children?
And how to empower our kids to know their body is not to be touched without permission, that there are boundaries and who they can go to if ever needed.
And so much more...

April is #childabusepreventionmonth and #sexualassaultawarenessmonth please help share this information with others so we can all keep our kids and young people safe!

April is Child Abuse Prevention month. With the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of parents ...

Do you know what the first step is to do if a predator contacts your child online? You might be surprised by the answer!

Most parents respond very abruptly and miss out on the opportunity to track the offender (by law enforcement) and prevent this from happening to others.

But also, this will give your child the model for how to ask for help if they ever come across something like this in the future.

There are so many reasons it's important to know what to do! In this video I tell you how!

Protect your family by joining the Empowered Family Membership™ and take action. You can do so at https://aboutconsent.com/EMPOWERED-FAMILY-MEMBERSHIP

TIPS for what to do to keep kids SAFE ONLINE during this high usage time to prevent predators from accessing your kids.

1:26 This is the link for Bark that I mentioned in the video: http://www.bark.us for helping you monitor your child's online usage.

2:19 You can listen to my podcast episode with Titania Jordan, the CMO of Bark at this link: https://aboutconsent.com/episode/ep-16-online-abuse-what-parents-need-to-know/

11:56 Check out other resources like CyberWise that have great classes (as well as free resources right now) at https://www.cyberwise.org/

IF YOU'RE A PARENT WORKING OUTSIDE OF YOUR HOME, THIS VIDEO IS FOR YOU!

Here are the things you can teach your kids if they are under the care of a step-parent, family, friends, babysitters, basically anyone other than yourself.

1- Explain to them what body autonomy and boundaries are.

2- Talk about private parts and how those areas are only for them to touch/see.

3- Talk about the difference between secrets and the difference between secrets and surprises.

4- Create a safety network and let your child know what to do if they are in an unsafe situation or experience unsafe touch.

5- Use things like safety words and teach them that they can ALWAYS tell you anything and that it doesn't matter when something happened, they can still always tell you!

6- Use communication tools (like CONSENTletters™) to let your child's caretakers know that you are actively teaching your kids about body safety.

Check out below for more info on each of these steps!

Sending you love and strength.

CONSENT LETTERS T...

Here is the link for the FREE PDF download for the Top Recommended Books For Your Abuse Prevention Library: https://aboutconsent.lpages.co/abuse-prevention-library-pdf

Here is the How To Create A Safety Network video: https://www.consentparenting.com/blog/how-to-create-a-safety-network-for-your-kids-and-why-it-s-so-important 

Here is the CONSENTletters™ templates mini-course discounted link: https://www.consentparenting.com/offers/Lc3932Nx/checkout?coupon_code=EMPOWER&fbclid=IwAR3R7yonwBf-ZFoXd_ORTbJHzWHAe-vj3VeQgyuBWzlhLtSjUJCEegKqsTQ

If you are experiencing school/daycare interruptions and are getting creative with childcare so you can continue to work, please note that this is one of THE MOST CRITICAL TIMES to also empower your kids.

Unfortunately, these changes in childcare can put kids at greater risk. BUT you don't have to panic. This is a time to educate and empower.

THIS WEEK ALL WEEK I'll be coming on LIVE to give you specific strategies to empower your child to prev...

When it comes to finding ways to reinforce lessons about abuse prevention, you can definitely find GOLD in JK Rowlings Harry Potter series. I've been able to pull beautiful examples of consent, secrets and tricky people as well as many others.

I talk about those three in this video so you can get a sense of how to use them in the books that your kids are already reading. But I also give an example from media (Frozen) and how you can use those as well.

We want to know that our kids are truly understanding the lessons we teach about body safety, boundaries and consent. So getting affirmations coming FROM THEM is such a wonderful feeling.

It's a confirmation that they are 'getting it' and that they are becoming empowered!

There are many ways we can use everyday moments to teach and then reinforce abuse prevention education without it having to feel or be uncomfortable or anxiety-producing! The tools are all around us! You just have to start to see the world through consent!

If you'd ...