Let's Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors

This book is great for children in 5th grade and younger. It teaches about boundaries and what they can do if they feel their boundaries are being violated by anyone. It teaches them what consent means and what it looks like when those are being violated by another person, and it teaches them respect. There’s absolutely nothing sexual about this book, it doesn’t over share and it’s so simply worded that they can understand it.

There are so many things I can say about this book. It is fantastic. As a future teacher, it meets the standards for high quality children’s books I’ve learned about in my classes. I bought this book for my unit on health and safety. I was deciding between several books and I am so pleased that this is the one I went with. It has colorful and engaging illustrations. The words are in an easy to read font and are not overwhelming. This book talks about consent and boundaries in a child-appropriate manner and makes it easy for kids to understand. It provides examples that are relevant to kids lives. It talks about a “safety network” and includes that one person should be outside the family. The characters are diverse in ethnicity, religion, ability, personal and gender expression, and family makeup. It includes discussion questions for educators and caregivers to use as you read the book, making the book a much richer learning experience. This book is one that all children need read to them. I wish that I had this read to me as a child. This book will empower children to have confidence, set their own boundaries, and assert their needs. I highly recommend this book!

I really like this book… it is a long read and you need to break it up in chunks. The illustrations and dialogue are great.I think this is age appropriate for any child entering school between K-5.What I really like about this book, it asks the reader questions about what someone might be feeling in the picture. It engages them think about what body language they are seeing and what might the person may be feeling. It’s helps them recognize body language. The material does exactly what the title says… which is body boundaries and consent.It gives a realistic image of our boundaries and how we might feel if someone disrespects those boundaries and how we should respond to others when those boundaries are broken. I’ve just recommend this book to a therapist who works with young children.The only thing it doesn’t touch base on is cultural differences and how some cultures hug or kiss and what the differences are, and just reading body language.Realistically our kids aren’t always going to ask for consent and what are natural instincts, that natural instinct to give a hug, this is a perfect teaching moment explaining and learning how to read body language.Also… this book isn’t meant for you to just hand to a child and expect them to just get the material, the material can be complex but yet age appropriate. Its an interactive book that teaches about boundaries, consent and being respectful.

We have other books on body boundaries, consent, and respect, but this one is a favorite. It has good explanations, is well illustrated with questions to infer how someone is feeling based on facial expressions and body language, etc., and it facilitates discussion. It provides a framework with which to discuss boundaries and rehearse responses, as well as the safety network of adults to whom a child can go for help. Highly recommend!!

I got this to help my child understand, and I definitely think it was a good book. Just enough explaining in it.

Growing up I remember hating to give hugs and kisses to family, most of whom I only saw a few times a year — so they were essentially strangers. To this day, I dislike affection outside of a few select people. As an adult now, who is a proud auntie to my besties two boys, I wanted to gift them something that I hope will help them remain safe and know that they're allowed to have their own autonomy.Before purchasing this book I asked to make sure it was okay, considering the content the material covers it's a parental subject matter — although, it's done in a very age appropriate manner! My bestie LOVES this book, she thinks it's absolutely fantastic for introducing consent and boundaries to children — her husband who was skeptical at first is also pleased, which is awesome!Well done. Highly recommend.

This book is AMAZING for teaching children AND adults about boundaries, consent, and respect! It was slightly repetitive, but it was really interactive! My kids were severely abused by my ex and so now I am having to teach them about boundaries and that what was done to them was not mindful of their body boundaries, and they are learning what consent is and that they were not being respected as a person. They ASK me to read this book. It gives children power over themselves and they gain a sense of their autonomy. It was very well worded, engaging, interactive like I mentioned, well illustrated, and they really grasped the concept in the end. I’m really proud of the progress my kids have made and I’m glad it held their attention! It didn’t delve heavily into sexual assault of any kind if anyone is wondering, but I think that is better discussed outside of a children’s book anyway. Definitely buy this book if your child doesn’t understand boundaries, or if they have been in unfortunate situations because it gives them their own power back!

This book is amazing! I wish my daughter liked it more but I think it’s because she hates anything she sees as a “lesson” 😂 it covers body boundaries good/bad touching and whatnot. I highly recommend reading to any kiddo who struggles with this whether it be because of spectrum issues or just being young and not knowing yet what body boundaries are.Pros:great lessons!Cons: long and doesn’t hold attn well for small kids. I recommend cutting it down and doing sections at a time like a chapter book if needed