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

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I love how simply the author explains hard to talk about situations in a way that kids can understand. Since that time, she has authored and produced numerous award-winning titles for the educational publishing industry.

The children's picture book aims to empower and teach children about personal body safety, feelings, safe and unsafe touch, private parts, secrets and surprises, consent and respect.It’s a great resource for parents who want an easy way to talk to their kids about love, sex, relationships, and growing up.

It's imperative to teach our children how to look after themselves when we aren't around and this book explains things in a way they can grasp. 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. Potatohead might have male and female voices in Toy Story, but they are still toys and still don’t have a penis or vagina. 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. This comprehensive, empowering and age-appropriate children’s book will teach children about respect, consent and body boundaries.demonstrates understanding one's body, their personal boundaries, and how important consent is to a child. I think I would also include that "private parts" or "no-touch parts" can be anywhere on your body that makes you feel uncomfortable or that you don't want anyone to touch. The teddy bear in this book and the fact that Izzy isn’t drawn overtly girly made for more interesting conversations about gender and private parts. 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 aims to educate using a good choice of words can help parents whilst teaching their children about their "private parts" and can be used as a guide and a fun learning/reading experience. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.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. Wroten in a way young children will understand without being too scary or complicated, this book will help teach and guid children not only to understand these issues, but to speak up about them too. This book provides everything a child needs to know to help keep them safe from inappropriate touch. My 3 year old is learning lots from this book about emotions, personal space, private parts, and body safety. More importantly, Jay is a mother of three teenage girls and has been a school councillor at her local primary school for over seven years.

I help parents to talk about sex (with less cringe and more confidence) and empower their child to make smart sexual decisions.It also explores safe and unsafe feelings, early warning signs, a safety network, the correct names for private parts, safe and unsafe touch, and the difference between secrets and surprises. Jay is also an accomplished children's book author, writing a number of titles for such literacy series as ZigZags, Totally Kidz, Deadly and Incredible, and a children's picture book series for Penguin. A must have for every child, extremely clear and easy to get, this book allows us to talk about uncomfortable subjects and open a healthy dialogue. The book emphasizes that no one should touch a child’s private parts and that they belong only to them.