Body Ownership, Intuition, Touch, Say No and Support Network:
each are important things to teach our kids for maximum child safety.
Make it easy by giving Christmas gifts that
teach personal safety through protective play.
Here’s five play/toy gift ideas - one for each of the BITSS model of protective Behaviour elements:
Body Ownership: GLOBES or Maps. Anything that shows […]
How do I start talking about personal safety is a question often asked. Start gently but start today. Use familiar props and aids to help your discussion. Make the conversation light, cheery and not embarrassing at all.
Many people are fearful of talking to children about sexual abuse. Parents and professionals often avoid saying the words […]
Christmas is upon us. This joyful and peaceful time can be a horror season for a child who is being accessed by a sexual predator. Close proximity, a string of holidays and higher alcohol intake can lead to many children experiencing more sexual abuse at this time of the year than at any other time.
With Christmas […]
The father placed a hat and shoes on his little boy and patted the child on the behind as the toddler turned and wobbled toward the park swings. A tube of dripping sun screen was stuck under the huge man’s arm pit. The white droplets were matting his long underarm hairs. Unaware and in pride, […]
There’s no such thing as a good secret. Surprises are the best because secrets can only make you all scrambled up inside your head. Why would you want to know something that nobody else can know?
Too many sexual predators tell children to keep the little love games a secret. Confused, and fooled by the romantic […]
