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Respectful Parenting · Abuse Prevention Strategies to Keep Our Kids Safe (with Rosalia Rivera)

We are living in critical times where kids need us to step up and be proactive safe adults in our children's lives. And this begins by, not only, being upstanders for our kids, but also teaching them about abuse prevention. And at the heart of abuse prevention is consent education.

Respecting autonomy (at the heart of consent) is 100% aligned with respectful parenting, and that's why I'm so overjoyed that I had the opportunity to chat with Janet Lansbury for her UNRUFFLED podcast this week!

Janet and I talked about how parents can incorporate abuse prevention strategies into our parenting style so that we are empowering our kids against sexual abuse every step of the way.

I'm so grateful to Janet for helping to amplify this information through her platform! Let’s keep talking about this, let’s get loud for our kids sakes and keep showing up as the safe people our...

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.

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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...

Teaching consent isn't just about teaching your kids that no one is allowed to touch them.

It's also about everyday situations.

It's ultimately about body autonomy/sovereignty!

So how can you teach your kids? By using every opportunity through everyday situations.

Check out this video where I give 3 examples of how I did just that!

Need more ways to teach your kids about body safety? Download my free guide.

Get the "7 Ways To Teach Your Kid(s) Body Safety, Boundaries and Consent" by clicking here.

I'm so excited to share that my podcast is live!

Have a listen here. But I also invite you to watch over on my podcast website www.aboutconsent.com

If you enjoy it, I invite you to leave a ratings and review on iTunes. 

Or come back here and comment below with your feedback and thoughts!

With gratitude,

Rosalia~