Present
Keeping your body safe!
Hi! We are Gator Goodheart
and Gator Goodfellow.
We are here to talk to you about
keeping your body safe!
Our bodies are special and wonderful.
Our bodies belong to us and we have to take
care of them. We care for our bodies by:
Draw a picture of a way to keep
your body safe and healthy.
Your body belongs to you and you have the
power to do amazing and fun things with it.
Some things we do are:
Draw a picture of a Good Touch!
These are called Good Touches.
Good Touches make us feel safe and happy.
Some touches don’t feel good. Like when:
Draw a picture of a Bad Touch.
These are called Bad Touches.
Bad Touches make us feel hurt or scared.
We have the power to decide how we will be
touched. You get to decide what is a Good
Touch for you!
“I like to be “I don’t like to be
tickled tickled at all!”
sometimes!”
Even grown-ups are supposed to listen when
you tell them you don’t want to be touched.
Circle the pictures that show a Good Touch
and put an X over the pictures that show
a Bad Touch.
Some parts of the body are private. These are
the parts that we cover with clothes even when
we go swimming. You do too!
When we were little,
our parents touched
our private body parts
when we got a bath or
had a diaper change.
Sometimes, your
parents might put
medicine on your
private body parts if
you are hurt or sick.
Sometimes during
a checkup, a doctor
may touch your
private body parts.
But your mom or dad
will be in the room
when this
happens.
No one should touch your private body parts for
any other reasons! Not even someone you know
and love.
If someone tries to touch your private body
parts in a way that makes you feel scared or
upset, you have the power to say
Tell a grown-up you can trust!
If someone asks you to look at or touch their
private body parts, say, “No! I don’t want to!”
Tell a grown-up you can trust!
If someone touches you and tells you not to tell
anyone, say “No! I don’t keep secrets like that!”
SHHHH!
Even if it’s scary,
Tell a grown-up you can trust!
If anyone makes you feel strange or
uncomfortable, run away as soon as you can.
Tell a grown-up you can trust!
Remember...
It’s
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Fa u l t !
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If you were touched, the person who touched
you is the only one to blame.
Don’t be afraid to tell a grown-up you can trust!
Keep telling until someone believes and helps
you. Who can you tell?
D
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Mama, Dad or
other relative
A friend’s parent The Doctor
Your teacher A police officer
Remember...You are a SuperGator! Your body
belongs to you and you have the power to help
take care of it.
Talk to grown-ups you trust about more ways
you can work together to keep you safe and
healthy!
To the parents:
As a parent, it can often be scary to address the topic of sexual abuse with your child. However, children
need to be taught about personal (sexual) safety as openly as they are taught about road safety and water
safety. While this book is a wonderful starting point, it is important to remember that all blame for sexual
violence lies with the perpetrator. Children can do only so much to reduce their risk of sexual violence,
and therefore need their parents to actively participate in protecting them.
Some easy and effective steps that can be taken to protect all the children in your life are:
• Understand that childhood sexual assault does happen with alarming frequency. One in four girls
and one in six boys will experience sexual violence before the age of 18.
• Educate yourself about risk factors for sexual violence. Use that information to help make decisions
regarding your children’s safety.
• Know that the vast majority of child sexual abuse occurs when there is a one-child/one-adult
situation. If such situations can be reduced, so can the risk of abuse.
• Encourage your child to talk with you about anything that happens that makes them scared or
worried. Tell your child to never keep a secret that makes them feel this way, even if another
adult tells them to.
• Teach your child that their body can warn them when a situation is wrong or dangerous. They might
get a tight feeling in their tummy or feel scared. Talking about what these feelings mean helps
children to recognize and trust their own feelings.
• Remember, most of the time, physical symptoms of abuse are not present. You are more likely to see
emotional and behavioral symptoms. However, some children show no signs at all.
• Know what to do if you receive a disclosure of abuse from a child. Tell the child you believe them. Try
to stay as calm as possible. Know where to get help in your community. A supportive reaction to a
disclosure will help a child in her or his healing process.
• Tell others what you know. Encouraging conversations about risk reduction with your family and
friends can help protect children in your community. Consider volunteering for an organization that
fights against child sexual abuse.
Feel free to call your local rape crisis center to discuss prevention of child sexual abuse and other forms of
sexual abuse if you have questions or need more information.
LOUISIANA
FOUNDATION
AGAINST SEXUAL
ASSAULT
1250 S.W. Railroad Ave, Suite 170
Hammond, La 70403
Phone (985) 345-5995
Fax (985)345-5592
Toll Free Information Line:
(888) 995-7273
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This document was produced using Crime Victim Assistance Program funds under subgrant # C06-8-025 from the
Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Criminal Justice.
