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the new family | protection

Teaching your kids about
inappropriate touching

What separates an innocent hug from an aggressive Curiosity
grab? What about a kiss on the cheek and pulling a
girl’s ponytail? Teach your child to understand the A good way to explain the
difference between good and bad touching. difference between appropriate
and inappropriate touching is
mother, baby & child April 2011 T eaching small children incident allegedly occurred in that the latter causes you to
about what is and early November, 2010. A few feel uncomfortable and that
what is not construed days later, when the mother you should always tell someone
as appropriate touching is became suspicious of her when you feel this way. Amy
paramount especially as these daughter’s behaviour and the Cloud, mother of an eight-year-
children are often too trusting soiled nature of her clothes, she old daughter, can attest to this
and can easily fall prey to took the child and the clothes method of instruction. “When my
predators. Remember the recent to a gynaecologist. The doctor, daughter Kiley was small, there
story in The Gulf News that and a test, confirmed her worst was a little boy at her day-care
left Dubai shaking about the fears. The family then flew back who was very sweet but physically
alleged rape of a four-year-old to India and only reported the aggressive,” begins Cloud, “She
Modern High School student matter to the Dubai police on told me she didn’t like his hugs.”
by her bus driver, conductor January 11, 2011 - two months So, “[Kiley] told him so, I talked
and a third accomplice? The after the incident. with the boy [and] so did the
daycare director and [the boy]
stopped.” Most of the time, all

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