Today, i will try to explain why "good touch-bad touch" is a bad way of teaching kids.
Abusers spend weeks and months "grooming" a child. This involves many things but being able to touch a child without raising alarm is a big part of this grooming.
THIS is the reason we mental health professionals NEVER use hyphenated "good touch-badtouch".
Adding good touch to the equation and expecting a child to differentiate between the two in emotionally charged moments is ridiculous.
This is media's unhealthy obsession with catchy rhyming phrases.
Why do people find it so difficult to understand that this is a safety message. It needs to be given in an unambiguous way. Easy to follow steps are helpful.
Keeping all other agendas of gender sensitivity, consent, sexuality and sex education OUT of a safety training is vital.
Either your need is too strong or you don't know how young children learn. Probably both.
Many children have been helped by this message. Many abusers are brought to book with this.
Be good, educate only about bad touch.
Thanks for reading my rant.