It's My Body: A Book about Body Privacy for Young Children Paperback – Picture Book, 9 Jan. 2020

Used this to help my children with understanding their selves

This is a good book for your children to learn from. It has very good text and illustrations.

Great for teaching young people facts.

I think this is a very good book. It begins with building a foundation of bodily autonomy and then moves on to talk about private parts and why they should be kept private. This is so important as many books have dealt with this issue from the top down, trying to explain who can and cannot touch you and generally emphasising "stranger danger" which relies on the well-meaning yet flawed assumption that people we know are safe and strangers are not. Another very good aspect are the notes for parents, carers and teachers towards the end that serve as a guide, and emphasise the importance of bodily autonomy as being something the whole family should be involved in upholding.The only issue I have with the book is that it doesn't address the fact that some touches feel good but are not. Pages 22-23 state, "Some people may try to make you do things that you don't like." What if the child thinks they do like it? Sometimes groomers will convince victims that what they are doing is a fun game. The child not liking the interaction is not what makes it bad.Following this, on pages 26-27, it states, "You choose what happens to your body," which is an important message and I agree with it. However, I worry sends the message across that bad touches are only bad because the child did not give permission. In a lot of grooming scenarios, the perpetrator will often forge false consent from a victim, making a child feel as though it's their choice and they are in control. There are times when children should NEVER agree to certain requests, even if they think they want to, even if it seems fun, even if it's their body and their choice, even if it doesn't make them feel scared or uncomfortable at the time of the request.To be fair, the book does say, on page 24, that "If someone wants to look at or touch your private parts, say no," which is good. Straight to the point. No vagueness about not liking something or not giving permission - it's wrong regardless and this is what you do. Spot on!I wouldn't call these comments a criticism as such, just something for parents/carers to be aware of when reading this with their children. Balancing the importance of bodily autonomy and consent with the fact that some things cannot be consented to is a difficult area to address and hats off to anyone who is able to successfully address this. Generally, I think the book had a lot to cover in a very short space and has done it very well in providing a good foundation for these important conversations.

Good quality and value for money

I bought this for my 3 and half year old child and he understood it and it’s definitely child friendly and easy to read. Very informative and helpful. A must buy for all toddlers so they are aware of abuse to stop abuse.

Nice bookSimple and easy to read

Covers lots of things and keeps child focused and interested