Recommendations on body boundaries books?

[Lavender14]

Hi all, ds 2.5 loves reading and he's really good with his use of words.

I was wondering if anyone has come across any good books for teaching kids about personal space, body part privacy and boundaries etc?

Something that covers the idea of the swimsuit rule (ie no looking or touching of areas that a swimsuit would cover) but also has the more general idea that if someone is making them uncomfortable in any way that they can say no to it? But in a simple, child friendly way?

Thanks in advance!

Hopeful bump

Does the NSPCC have any recommendations? I think its them who run the pantosaurus campaign

NPSCC PANTS is generally the one that’s used. Once you understand the basic premise, then you integrate that into how you go through the world.

The really important part is you as an adult setting boundaries for your child with other adults. So often people make a big deal of this stuff with their dc and then they have an adult in their lives come along and do exactly counter to what they taught them, but they don’t speak up because it’s Uncle Bob and he’s just silly like that.

If an adult can’t speak up and be assertive, you can’t expect a small child to be able to. Let them see you do it, so it normalises saying when something makes you uncomfortable or doesn’t respect a boundary. It doesn’t necessarily have to be about the body. It can also just be about when someone isn’t kind or interrupts or whatever.