Some secrets should never be kept: protect children from unsafe touch by teaching them to always speak up - jayneen sanders

Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept is a beautifully illustrated childrens picture book that sensitively broaches the subject of keeping children safe from inappropriate touch.

We teach water and road safety, but how do we teach Body Safety to young children in a way that is neither frightening nor confronting? This book is an invaluable tool for parents, caregivers, teachers and healthcare professionals to broach the subject of safe and unsafe touch in a non-threatening and age-appropriate way.

The comprehensive notes to the reader and discussion questions at the back of the book support both the reader and the child when discussing the story.

Suitable for children aged 3 to 12 years.

Story is a great medium to discuss difficult topics.

Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept was written to ensure children are armed with knowledge if they are ever touched inappropriately; and from the first unsafe touch, a child will understand to tell a trusted adult and keep on telling until they are believed.

It is an important book and one that all children need to hear.

Forewarned is forearmed This book is supported by free activities and child protection resources on our website.

Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept is available in 7 languages including English, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese, Italian and French.

Body Safety Education (also known as protective behaviours or child sexual abuse prevention education) involves so much more than focusing on stranger danger.

In fact, 95% of sexually abused children will know their abuser and only 5% will be strangers.

It is also crucial for children to learn that they must never keep secrets that make them feel bad or uncomfortable (in fact, we teach its best not to have secrets in families, only happy surprises).

The trouble with secrets is that they are the main tool used by child molesters to ensure children remain silent about the abuse.

Ensuring the secret is kept is of utmost importance to the perpetrator.

Therefore, threats and insisting no-one will believe the child is used as a way of controlling the child to be silent.

Through Body Safety Education parents and children will learn the importance of there being no secrets between us.

Parents and carers need to be on the lookout for signs of sexual abuse in children and grooming behaviour which is often focused on themselves as well as their children.

The answer to the question, How do I keep kids safe from sexual abuse? is simple.