Good Touch, Bad Touch Talk With Your Kids

Let's talk about different kinds of touches. There are good touches and bad touches. A good touch is something like a high five! How does it make you feel when someone gives you a high five? Happy! That's right! Can you think of some other good touches? (Hugs, tickles, holding hands) You know that a touch is good when it makes you feel happy inside. What about when someone hits you, how does that make you feel? Right, sad. What other kinds of touches make us sad? (Kicking, punching, pushing). Is it ever ok for someone to give you a bad touch and make you sad? No! Because you are so special and nobody should ever hurt you! What should you do if someone hurts you? Tell someone! Who could you tell? (Parents, teachers, police man) These are good people who want to keep you safe and happy. We all want to make sure that nobody gives you bad touches and hurts you. 

I also want to talk to you about a word that you might know, the word is "private". Do you know what that means? It means something that's very special to you that you don't have to share with anyone else. Most things we have to share, but some things are so special that we get to keep them all to ourselves, isn't that cool? Can you think of anything that might be private? A special toy maybe? 

Did you know that certain parts of our body are private? There are parts of you that you don't share with anyone else, they are called private parts. They are the parts of your body covered up by a bathing suit. Even when we go swimming we cover up our private parts because they are so special and not for sharing. Do you think it would be okay if someone wanted to touch your private parts? No silly! (smile and be relaxed) That's because they are private and not for sharing. What do you think you should do if someone tried to touch your private parts? Say, "No way! That's not for sharing!" Can you try to say that with me? (Have fun doing a big attitude with a hand up, help them feel strong.) Good! Then who could you tell? That's right!

I'm so proud of you and how strong you are! You don't let anybody hurt you, right? You don't let anybody hurt you or give you bad touches to make you sad, right? Because I'm always here to protect you that's my job.