flourish
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I taught preschool for about a decade and a half. We had curriculum (Talk About Touching and Second Step for Success) which discussed, taught, and practiced these and other pertinent and sometimes related social skills. We discussed safe and unsafe touches instead of good or bad because of how children perceive things and how biology does, too. We had regular training on identifying developmentally appropriate "sexual" ...stuff versus "yellow flags" and "red flags," what they could possibly mean and how to react, who to notify, what form to fill out, etc. I wish I could say I never had to take that information into practice, but I did.I mentioned this before on another thread, but I really wish the schools would educate children about
abuse and how it's NOT OK to be touched in the wrong places. Somehow, we've got to let children know that there is a safe place or a safe person that they can trust at school. I wish I knew how to protect every single child. I just can't believe that it's hopeless even though that's how I'm feeling right now. What can we (I) do to help prevent this from happening again? I'm so heartsick over this.
Not all schools or programs do this. It's unfortunate.