Forget "Stranger Danger” - Teach Your Kids These Sexual Abuse Safety Tools
About this episode
Deena shares personal experiences and practical tools to help parents teach their children about body safety and prevent sexual abuse.
Trigger Warning: This episode discusses childhood sexual abuse. We share this with care, but please listen at your own pace and take care of yourself. Deep breath, friends. This is one of THOSE episodes - the kind that feels a little heavy, a little scary, but is incredibly important, because the tools here could change your kid’s life. In this episode, I (Deena) am sharing my own experience with sexual abuse as a child. Not to scare you, but to give you something I didn’t have back then: Clear, practical tools to help keep your kids safer. Because the uncomfortable reality is that sexual abuse doesn’t usually look like a stranger in a dark alley. It often happens between kids, between peers or people you know, in familiar places. And most kids don’t tell, because they’re confused, don’t have the language, or think they’ll get in trouble. So instead of fear, we’re focusing on power. This episode is your “bing bang boom - here’s exactly what to do” guide. You’ll walk away with: Concrete, simple tools you can start using TODAY The exact words + scripts to teach body safety in a way that feels natural (not awkward or scary) A clear way to explain private parts, safe vs unsafe touch…
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