Body Safety Blog

It’s never too early to start teaching kids about body safety. 💛

Here’s a simple way to begin:

👉 Talk about Safe Touch and Unsafe Touch using clear, age-appropriate language.

✔️ Safe touches (like a high-five) feel okay, are respectful, and are never a secret.

❌ Unsafe touches are any that make your child feel scared, uncomfortable, or confused or on private parts of the body

Use proper terms for body parts, and remind kids:

✨ No one should ever show them or ask to see their private parts.

✨ If something happens, they can always come to a trusted adult without fear of blame.

This isn’t a one-time conversation—it’s an ongoing dialogue to help empower them. 💪

Ready to dive deeper into teaching body safety in a way that’s empowering and effective?

🚨 Click here to watch my FREE Private Parts Safety Class. 🧡

Reminder: it’s not your child’s job to prevent abuse, but it is OUR job to teach them about safety so they can recognize abusive behavior and be able to tell us!

Watch Part 3 of this holiday se...

The holidays can be a whirlwind of excitement, but they’re also a great time to reinforce safety with your kids. That’s why I created four quick Instagram reels packed with tips on teaching kids about boundaries, private parts safety, safe and unsafe touch, secrets safety, tricky people, and even how to navigate exit strategies in sticky situations. Not everyone catches every post (or uses Instagram), so I’ve rounded them up here for easy access—because peace of mind is the best gift you can give yourself this season. 🎁

Children need clear, straightforward language to express discomfort or assert boundaries when interacting with adults.

✨The holidays are a magical time—but let’s be real—they can come with their own set of challenges, especially when it comes to keeping our kids safe and comfortable at family get-togethers.

90% of abuse happens by people know and trust, and 30% of that includes family members, while 70% of abuse happens by other minors.

Assuming kids are safe at family ...

I believe that kids should learn about safe vs unsafe touch so that they recognize when abuse is happening.

But that alone is not going to help prevent abuse.

I've talked about how a 50/50 rule is best when it comes to a more effective abuse prevention strategy.

This means that 50% of your work as a parent, when it comes to sexual abuse prevention, should be to teach your child's circle (family members/relatives, educators, caregivers, etc.) about body safety practices and how to implement them.

And the other 50% should be to teach your child about empowering consent education and abuse prevention information (strategically).

But where I find most parents miss the boat, in the 50% of teaching their kids, is that they don't equip them with the HOW to exit an unsafe situation and how to report/disclose what happened.

Rates of reporting are very low for this reason and it perpetuates the cycle of abuse that a child may be going through. This is why teaching kids ex...