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...

A mom came to me for a consult a while back asking how to deal with her 5-year-old tickling her 3-year-old's privates during bath time.

She was unsure about a few things.

One question she asked was if it was even safe. She wasn't sure that her 5-year-old's behavior was normal, a red flag, learned, or totally innocent. She wondered why her child was doing this since she had been teaching her about body safety and that no one should touch her private parts. She asked if, since it was tickling, it would be considered abuse if it was her child with her younger child.

She wasn't sure how to talk to her child about it besides just firmly telling the child to stop (and this mom found it to be very triggering as she had experienced sibling sexual abuse, so this was freaking her out to see this happening; and looking back on her own experiences made her feel shame and fear that her children would repeat what happened with her- though she was much older with her...

Private part safety has many facets. I'll be sharing more about the nuances and intricacies that can help make teaching private part safety less stressful and more comprehensive.

If you have a toddler, you'll want to check out my upcoming workshop that is specifically for parents in this stage and who are wanting to teach private part safety.

Have you started teaching private part safety and did you know to teach about private part exposure?