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Holiday Safety Planning- Part 2
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...
Holiday Safety Planning
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 ...
5 Important Holiday Safety Tips
KEEP KIDS SAFE
Today I’m sharing my 5 top tips that can help keep your kids safer from sexual abuse during family holiday gatherings.
Now, you might be saying to yourself, but Rosalia, do I really need to keep my kids safe at family gatherings- is there really a risk for sexual abuse if I know everyone and they’ll just be playing with other kids, and the other kids are family?
Is that really a thing I need to be thinking or worrying about?
The short answer is yes. And here’s why.
Child sexual abuse can only happen if two things are present. Risk and opportunity. I’m going to share how those two things increase the chances of abuse or assault happening and, more importantly, what you can do to reduce those risks and limit those opportunities while also helping your child practice boundary-setting, while also using body safety to stay safer- even, and especially, at family gatherings.
RISK + OPPORTUNITIES
Let’s dive into the risk + opportunities concepts. Risks,...
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Rosalia Rivera
I'm a Consent Educator, Abuse Prevention Specialist, Sexual Literacy Advocate, 2x TEDx Speaker, Co-founder & Chair of SAGE/Brave Movement, Rape Culture Disruptor, Founder of CONSENTparenting™, Host of the AboutCONSENT™ podcast, Creator of CONSENTwear™ and CSA Survivor & Thriver
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