So much of parenting is about keeping kids safe – yet are enough of us having crucial conversations with our kids to teach them about body safety?While it might sound daunting, it doesn’t have to be. The NSPCC’s PANTS rules are a great jumping off point. These run through everything from why privates should be kept private, to secret-keeping and consent in age-appropriate ways. One thing experts warn parents against doing when chatting to their kids about abuse is to threaten theoretical abusers. Lexi Koster, founder of the Body Safety Project, shared on TikTok that children will believe trusted adults if they say things like: “If anybody ever touches your private parts I will make sure something bad happens to them” or “you will never see them again”.She continued: “This is a big problem because
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