My Body! What I Say Goes!: Teach children body safety, safe/unsafe touch, private parts, secrets/surprises, consent, respect

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This book is all about empowering and teaching children about personal body safety, feelings, safe and unsafe touch, private parts, consent, and respectful relationships.

The book mentions that boys usually have a penis, testicles, and a bottom, but I personally prefer to include nipples too, as they are part of the body and can be important to discuss as kids grow older. My wife and I were looking for a book to teach our child about personal space, privacy, and her adult support network. by Jayneen Sanders is a book that will help parents to start talking to their young child about body safety.These skills empower children, and go a long way in keeping them safe from abuse – ensuring they grow up as assertive and confident teenagers and adults. Also included in this book are in-depth Discussion Questions to further enhance the learning and to initiate important family conversations around body autonomy. Approximately 20% of girls, and 8% of boys will experience sexual abuse before their 18th birthday (Pereda, et al, 2009). I love how simply the author explains hard to talk about situations in a way that kids can understand. Parenting is tough and knowing we can't always be by our kids sides to make sure they are safe is scary.

This comprehensive, empowering and age-appropriate children’s book will teach children about respect, consent and body boundaries. It’s crucial for kids to recognize and express their emotions, especially when it comes to feeling safe or unsafe. And remember, it’s crucial to know that a child is never, ever to blame if someone acts in an unsafe way. So, if you’re looking for a book that can help you have important conversations with your kids about love, sex, relationships, and growing up, I highly recommend My Body, What I Say Goes by Janine Sanders.

She started her teaching career in the 1980s as an elementary school teacher in rural Queensland, Australia. Through age-appropriate illustrations and engaging text this book, written by the author of ‘No Means No! and ‘Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept’, will teach children the following crucial and empowering skills in personal body safety: – identifying safe and unsafe feelings – recognizing early warning signs – developing a safety network – using the correct names for private parts – understanding the difference safe and unsafe touch – understanding the difference between secrets and surprises – respecting body boundaries.

It also provides clear steps to take if someone does touch their private parts or wants to see them. I wanted to implement into our reading routine books about personal empowerment and that she is in control of her body and who touches it.After the encouraging response to Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept, she realised there was a need to further build upon the idea of children not keeping secrets about unsafe touch.

I have a three year old that always picks up this book for me to read to him, and he goes “my body, what I say goes”! It’s important to use the correct names for these body parts, even though some people might use funny names. Jay is a mother of three daughters and was a school councillor at her local school for over seven years.Jay then went on to develop and publish a comprehensive Body Safety and Respectful Relationship Teacher's Resource Kit as well as writing several more children's books on the topics of Body Safety, consent, respect, body boundaries and gender equality. and 'Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept', will teach children the following crucial and empowering skills in personal body safety: • identifying safe and unsafe feelings • recognizing early warning signs • developing a safety network • using the correct names for private parts • understanding the difference safe and unsafe touch • understanding the difference between secrets and surprises • respecting body boundaries. There are also discussion questions within the storyline, but other questions to discuss after reading the book. Jay participated in Protective Behaviours professional development and attended numerous conferences on the topic to educate herself in how to keep children safe and provide them with prevention education. The story revolves around a character named Stevie, who learns about keeping their body safe and using their voice to speak up.