Tell your children to keep telling until someone believes them and helps them. Tell your children to find a trusted grown up right away to tell about any confusing touches. Have them practice yelling it out loud.ĥ. Teach your children to say “no” or “stop it” loudly if someone tries to touch their private parts or touches them in a way they don’t like. Tell your child that no one, even a family member, is allowed to touch their private parts.Ĥ. Most child sexual abuse is committed by someone the child knows. When you do the safety talk make sure you do not overemphasize staying away from strangers. Children who are allowed to say no to any kind of touches they don’t like are more likely to say no if someone tries to cross a boundary, and are more likely to tell you about it too!ģ. If a child doesn’t like it, then try to respect that. This could be anything, even a tickle or a hug. Tell your kids to come talk to you if they ever get a touch they feel confused about or don’t like. Once kids start talking you can teach them what private parts are and that no one should ask to see their private parts or touch them there unless it is a parent for washing them or putting on medicine, a doctor for checking them, or a person a parent has told the child can help with washing or medicine.Ģ. Here are some tips about starting these talks and resources to help.ġ. You can help your friends be safe, too.Conversations about body safety can feel overwhelming for some parents to navigate, but these conversations are so important. All children deserve to grow up in a safe, loving, trusting home. Your brothers, sisters and cousins are important. You deserve to be safe and happy.Īll children are important. If someone is hurting you, don’t wait to get help. What to Do Right Away if Something is Wrong You feel nervous or like you might throw up.When something bad happens, you can tell the people you trust, and they will help you. When something makes you happy or when something good happens, you want to celebrate and tell the people you love. It may sound funny, but learning to listen to pay attention to your feelings is an important skill. In addition to having people who you trust, you have to trust yourself.

If you were ever in trouble, or if something were really wrong, you could tell any of them, and they would help you. Those five people you listed up above? You are someone to these people. When you trust someone, it means they never let you down.

List five people who care about you, one for each finger on your hand!.

Maybe it’s your mom or dad, or maybe it’s your teacher or principal, or maybe it’s your aunt or neighbor. Everyone has at least one person who cares about them, and who they care about.

The Right Touch by Sandy Kleven