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

2nd hand book. The content is good teaching kids about body boundary and it covers feelings as well.

The way how information is given and instructions for parents is really good thing. I love it

Love this book, perfect for my 5 and 7 year old, and possibly parts would be appropriate and understandable for my 4 year old. Simple, clear explanations and examples that are relatable. Opportunities to question and explore ideas together and generate conversation. Lovely illustrations too

This is a good read that breaks things down into easy to understand examples. This is a pretty long book, so we break it down and read a section or two at a time. My 4 year old requests this now so he likes it too. Definitely seems to be instilling confidence and reinforcing his autonomy and self respect.

Good book for kids

We brought this as a tool for my 5 year old and so far so good. the pictures are nice and the content is well presented and worded really well. We were worried this might cause confusion or distress and worry but it was worded and presented in a way that is more factual and to the point without being graphic. focusing on feelings an explaining what they mean is really helpful to ut it into context. loads better than some of the other books we also got.

This book not only encourages healthy communication between you and your child (there’s little question for you to ask them throughout the book) it provides them with the most important tools to set them up for life. To be able to keep their minds and bodies safe. To be able to understand what they’re feeling and that it’s ok! Prevents them from suppressing their emotions and it prompts them to speak up and advocate for them selves. Kudos to the author. This will safe so many children from the hands of the wrong people.

Excellent book, a must have for all children’s book shelves, important lessons, explained in a child friendly way & my 3 year old daughter understood the message very well & joined in repeating the words, very well thought about & put together, highly recommend, brilliant amazing & very pleased with how the book goes about explaining important lessons & making it easy for her to understand, great

This book should be a basic part of every child’s library. If it was, the world would be a safer and better place for us all! Everyone should read this book to their children regularly. This book combats abuse in our society and teaches body knowledge and respect, which protects our children from predators. It helps children identify safe people in their lives and learn to not keep things secret but to tell trusted grown ups. I’m so glad I bought this book for my daughter. And I hope everyone buys it for their sons too! Because boys need this knowledge just as much as girls. It is inclusive and written for boys and girls, which I also love. This should really be a part of everyone everywhere’s library and read frequently to young children as early as they can be read to. Adults should really learn these basic ideas too. I’ve used this book now in counseling with my clients as well. Everyone appreciates this book and is grateful for its simple concepts which make so much sense. These books could really help our world be safer if everyone would read them and practice them.

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Tiene varias secciones. 1) sentimientos en general y sobre sentirse seguro o inseguro. 2) "Early Wranings Signs" y tener una red de adultos en lo que poder confiar. 3) sobre las partes privadas. 4) Diferencia entre sorpresas y secretos y 5) Espacio personal. Me pareció excelente para explicarle estas cosas tan delicadas a mis hijos. La mayor de 6 entendió perfecto y el de 3 poco pero es un comienzo. Al final tiene indicaciones para los padres sobre temas a discutir.

I enjoy the format of this book. It introduces a concept and follows it with a question. The beginning explains feelings and then poses questions to ask the child more about their own feelings. (There is an appendix in the back with further info on questions that can be posed). I like how it goes from exploring feelings to then discussing how we also know what feels safe or unsafe. I valued that real body part names like penis and vulva are used. I also really liked that a variety of people from different walks of life are shown. There are several core concepts taught that are so great. ie. How important it is to have adults you feel safe with to talk to if you feel unsafe, what the difference is between secrets and surprises, who your safety network is, what a safety bubble is on your body... Obviously this is a broad manual but the guardian of the child can easily make it personal and talk with the child about who THEIR network is. As someone who was surprised by a predator known to me when I was a child, I really believe that this book is a treasure. It can't identify every potential danger person but it teaches the important core concepts that when put together would allow a child to recognize when they feel unsafe and to take appropriate action. It's a great tool in the first steps of safety education. That being said, my 4 year old niece found it a bit overwhelming. She had a lot of fun answering questions but then lost interest quickly. So, I am putting the book away for a bit and will introduce it again in 6 months and where her attention span is then.

This is a very important book which must be explained and read with children. I read with my 6 year old. It is easy to understand. And gets the point accross.