How to talk to your kids about their body parts

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How to talk to your teenagers about consent and boundaries

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Book Recommendations

• Your Body Belongs to You

• Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings so that they can get better at figuring out what they need

• Amazing You!: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts

• No Means No!: Teaching personal boundaries, consent; empowering children by respecting their choices and right to say 'no!'

• I Choose to Say No: A Rhyming Picture Book About Personal Body Safety, Consent, Safe and Unsafe Touch, Private Parts, and Respectful Relationships (Teacher and Therapist Toolbox

• NO Trespassing - This Is MY Body!

• I Said No! A Kid-to-kid Guide to Keeping Private Parts Private

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Spanish Books

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• Mi cuerpo me pertenece: A book about body safety / Un libro sobre el cuidado contra el abuso sexual

• Algunos Secretos Nunca Deben Guardarse (Spanish Edition)

• ¡No significa no!

• Decisiones y de Su Derecho de Decir: ' No!' (Spanish Edition)

• Escuchando a Mi Cuerpo

CAC Resources

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• Books on Prevention - List

• 30 Ways to Prevent Child Abuse - PDF

• 5 Tips to Keep Kids Safe Online - Webpage

• Child Abuse FAQs - PDF

• Myths About Child Abuse - PDF

• Positive Childhood Experiences - PDF

• How Abusers Use "Grooming" - Video

• Disclosing Abuse is a Process - Video

• How to Talk to Your Kids about Domestic Violence - Video

• Healthy Parent-Child Attachment Advice - Video

• The Effects of Domestic Violence on a Developing Brain - Video

• Myths and Facts about Childhood Trauma and Domestic Violence - Video