Let's Talk About Touching

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A Safety Book for Kids Ages</span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> 5-12</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Help children build confidence set boundaries and stay safe with this gentle read-aloud body safety guide. Remember the goal is to empower engage and educate not to scare.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In Let's Talk About Touching kids will learn the difference between safe and unsafe touch how to recognize tricky behavior and when and how to say NO. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>✔️ What safe and unsafe touch looks and feels like</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>✔️ How to protect their private parts</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>✔️ How to recognize unsafe adults and unsafe secrets</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>✔️ What to do if something feels wrong</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>✔️ That their body belongs to them and they have the right to speak up</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Perfect for parents teachers counselors and caregivers who want to teach body autonomy and safety in an age-appropriate way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Guiding Principles for the Book</span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Empower don't alarm.</strong></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Use language that builds confidence: You are strong. You are brave. You can say no.</span></li></ul><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Normalize the conversation.</strong></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Just like brushing teeth or crossing the street body safety is everyday learning.</span></li></ul><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Bridge the gap parents often miss.</strong></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Parents may avoid the topic of body safety but allow kids access to social media where risks are real. </span></li></ul><p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Promote awareness not fear.</strong></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Instead of focusing on bad people the book focuses on children's </span><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>right to safety</strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> and their ability to recognize what feels wrong.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>About 90% of abuse perpetrators are known and trusted by the victim commonly family members friends or caregivers.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Roughly 30-38% of abusers are close relatives while about 50-60% are acquaintances; only about 10% are strangers.</span></p>