It's MY Body: A Book to Teach Young Children How to Resist Uncomfortable Touch

I like this book. It's very simple and to the point. My only complaint (and not worth taking a star) is that my 3yr old thought it was a coloring book. I think it would have maintained his interest a little more if the illustrations were more insteresting. It's also a bit repetitive; however, I understand the importance of the repetition on a subject matter such as this. This is a book we will read often as it stresses the importance of "it's MY body and anything done to or with MY body needs MY permission". It also talks about touching other people in saying that just as MY body needs MY permission, someone else's body needs their permission. It's a bit simplistic so even a child really young would understand, but it covers all the bases Highly recommend!

Its so important to educate kids to be assertive about their bodies. My Mom used this book with me 28 years ago and now I an using it with my daughter. I looked at a lot of other books but none presented the topic the way I wanted. This is a great book to open discussions about appropriate touch, child adult relationships, and abuse prevention. This book does NOT go into detail about abuse or private parts. However it does teach assertiveness to kids in a non-scary way. We started reading this book when my daughter was ~2 1/2 years old. She is now 3 1/2 and I use the page with the "scary" looking man to talk more about the topic. This is NOT a book that you just read cover to cover, but it is a great tool for starting conversations about bodies and abuse.

Simple. To the point. Great way to start talking about this issue to your kids.I recommend this as a great tool to teach your kids to protect themselves in a very simple easy way.Black and white pages with not too much going on on them i was worried my child (4 years old) would be bored but he asked me to read it a second time.

Good book for young children. The person who complained it's 1 picture with 1 sentence per page must not be familiar with preschool books, as anything more would be overwhelming to them. Does a good job of going over the subject without being scary. I do like that it encourages kids to practice saying "no, I don't like that!" aloud, but I wish it also included something about the need to tell if someone tried to touch them inappropriately.

I feel this book is essential to all children now more than ever especially to the boys. The passage is very easy to understand and both parents and children can read it together, which I like about this book the most. I highly encourage and recommend all the parents in the world to get this book in your bookshelves.

This is a wonderful book. I had it for my grandchildren when they were little and this copy is for my great-granddaughter for Christmas. I recommend it for anyone who has small children.

So my 7-year-old daughter found this book so awkward, it ended up being a joke with us, yelling "No! It's MY body!" anytime we were within 3 feet of each other. BUT I think it did get the point across, even if she rolled her eyes. I'm glad I bought it, because even if she didn't take it seriously, it opened up a conversation for us to say it's important for her to speak up when something makes her uncomfortable. Might have been better if she was younger, like 3 or 4.

Great book about body autonomy/security! This gives our children the vocabulary to say no! This gives our children permission to own their bodies. This isn’t a scary book it’s more about giving our children a voice.

Page 18 is very important as it stated " If someone wants me to touch them any place or way that makes me feel uncomfortable .I won't share my body ! There are so many ways that sexual abuse of children can occur so it is important that the children are made aware as much as possible.

I bought this for my 4yr old's as it is very simple to work with, it has a large pencil picture and few words but they work and my girls understood it very quickly and liked repeating the very important phases if in certain situations. There was only one or two words/feelings that weren't understandable to them but it was easy to just change it , for their age. I would definitely recommend this book for the young to understand their feelings and that it okay not to want to do things at certain times in their life. Which we should understand that too.

Great for teaching about standing up for yourself

Every child should have this

Glad this is still in print. EASY to teach children (and confused adults) about consent.