Why is awareness about “Good touch and Bad touch” necessary among students or children?
To help prevent child abuse, it is important to make the subject of safe touches approachable and give students concrete rules for what touches are and are not okay. Even if it is an uncomfortable subject to teach.

 

This information is used to teach about safety and protect them from child abuse. The lesson is set up by explaining the students,they will be learning safety rules to keep their bodies safe and that it’s important.

 

Students should learn 3 steps to take if someone breaks the touching rule:

 –  Listen to your “uh oh” feeling

 –  Say “No!“

  –  Tell a trusted adult

Students should learn that even if someone is being very nice to you, it is still not okay for them to break the touching rule. They learn signs to decide which adults to trust.

 

Signs:

1. Good: you feel safe, no secrets, and safe touches.
2. Bad:   uh, oh feelings, secrets, unsafe touches.

    

What is a good touch?

A good touch makes you feel warm, comfortable, and safe inside.

What are some good touches for you?

• A good touch for me is when someone gives me a hug to say hello.
• Hugs from your parents.
• Kisses from your grandparents.
• Giving high five to your friends.
• A pat from your teacher.
• Doctor touching to examine your body.

What is bad touch?

A bad touch does not feel good, it may make you feel uneasy or bothered inside.

 

What could be a bad touches for you?

• It makes you feel dirty, confused or scared is bad touch.
• Slapping
• Tickling
• Touching your private parts
• Pinching
• Hitting

A child’s emotional, social, and physical development can be stunted by inappropriate contact. Because of this, it’s vital to teach your children about good touch versus bad touch. Children need to know that they can talk to you if someone touches them in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable.

 

Teaching your kids about good touch versus bad touch is vital for two reasons: it helps children better understand how to protect themselves from abuse and it encourages open communication between parents and their children.

 

This post aims to help you figure out the best way to talk with your child about this important issue.

 

Why Teach Your Kids The Difference Between Good Touch And Bad Touch?

It’s almost impossible for parents to keep their children under constant monitoring to be sure that they’re safe. While they’re at school, a friend’s house, or with a relative, the knowledge of good touch and bad touch can help them in various ways. Following are few of the reasons:

 

• Prevent them from sexual abuse
  Kids are constantly growing and might not know when they’ve been taken advantage of. Educating them about what’s right and wrong can save them from undergoing the torment of sexual abuse. The knowledge can help them evade situations that make them feel uncomfortable and unsafe.

• Save them from childhood trauma
  Inappropriate touch can cause a child to develop mental health issues and live in constant fear. This can be true especially if the perpetrator warns them from speaking about it. Teaching kids about good touch and bad touch can save them from such experiences so they can grow to have well-balanced mental health.

• Help them learn to say “NO”
  As children grow into their teenage years, if they weren’t taught about the difference between inappropriate touch and good touch, they may have difficulty saying no to abuse. Help them be aware of child sex, why it’s unacceptable so they can understand that they have the right to refuse, an abuse.

• Eliminates constant fear of their safety
  When a child is not informed about good touch and bad touch, the parents will constantly be in fear that their kids might be abused. Teaching kids the difference and how to refuse bad touch can instill confidence in them and give you peace of mind.

 

Parents and schools need to be vigilant and monitor their kids/students in every way to make sure that they’re not silently battling abuse. But most importantly, teaching them the difference between good touch and bad touch puts them in a better position of stopping such incidents from happening.