Body Safety Blog

Here are the average times kids spend at school: 

Kindergarten: Around 15 to 30 hours per week

• Half-day programs: 3–4 hours per day (15–20 hours per week)
• Full-day programs: 6 hours per day (30 hours per week)

Elementary School (Grades 1–5 or 6): Around 30 to 35 hours per week

• Most schools have a 6- to 7-hour school day, five days a week.

That's a lot of time to trust our kids to a school (and system) that we hardly know...

We drop off our kids hoping that they will have a good day, make friends, not be bullied, eat their lunch, have a compassionate teacher, don't get hurt on the playground, get included in team sports, that the teacher makes learning fun, that they don't fall behind academically, or that their school won't ever have to experience a school shooting (a legitimate concern in the U.S.).

And we receive student or school handbooks that cover everything from food allergy policies, anti-bullying policies, fire drills, classroom conduct, lunch schedules, classr...

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.⁠⠀
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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!⁠⠀
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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.⁠⠀
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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 kids need!⠀

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 ...

*Content Warning: Sexual Abuse & Sexual Assault

The #MeToo movement has been a catalyst to where we are now- openly discussing rape culture and calling it out for what it is.

But what’s next?

We are at a tipping point and in order for us to move forward and being able to say #NeverAgain, we need to actively and PROactively take measures to create #consentculture. In this episode I talk about how we can do that- ALL of us!

I would love to know your takeaways. You can support the podcast by subscribing to the podcast here on iTunes, Spotify and ! And if you enjoy the content, I’d truly appreciate you heading over to iTunes and giving the podcast a 5 star rating and review!

Your review and rating will help others find the podcast and become educated and inspired about all things consent!