Lexi's School - Good Touch/ Bad Touch

lisar wrote: Okay I got a permission slip sent home with Lexi yesterday and they are having a class on Good Touch/Bad Touch. You HAVE to sign this permission slip in order for them to be able to participate in it. I have mixed thoughts about it though. If she doesnt know anything about that kind of stuff then why would I want to bring it to her attention. She has no idea. But on the other hand if she does learn about it, then she would know to come and tell me. She knows that NO ONE is allowed to do anything like that, and we have discussed it a little. But without me being there in the class and not knowing what they are telling them and everything just makes me uncomfortable. I havent signed it yet. I wanted some thoughts/advice on this. What would you do? Reply if you want thats why I made it a poll.

amynicole21 replied: I would DEFINITELY suggest letting her attend. If she knows what is inappropriate, she will better be able to recognize it and tell you about it IF (God forbid) anything ever happened to her. I see NO downside in my opinion to letting her learn about it. It's so important.

Boo&BugsMom replied: I probably would. As long as it's only educational in teaching them about child molesters and that of the like. If it has to do with sex education, birth control, etc...no.

Kaitlin'smom replied: what class is this K or 1st?

lisar replied:
She is only 6 if it has anything to do with sex education then H-E double L NO.

lisar replied:
She is 6 and will be 7 in 2 weeks. 1st grade.

luvmykids replied: I know we hate to kind of burst the bubble and make our kids aware of some of the terrible things in this world, but at the same time I think we have to, sadly. I'm sure the school presents it in a way that is age appropriate, etc but if you aren't sure I'd ask the teacher or whoever will be doing the class if you could have more info beforehand.

lisar replied:
I thought about doing that but they have to have the permission slip back by monday.

msoulz replied: Can you review the content before signing the slip?

Overall it sounds like a good idea, even if you have taught her I think it is another reinforcement.

MommyToAshley replied:
I agree... I was going to say the same thing. I've had talks with Ashley about private areas and no one should see/touch those areas, and what she should do if someone does. It's a shame we have to have these kinds of talks with our kids, but it is a neccessity.

I bet you could even attend during the class if you spoke with the teacher, this way you could talk with Lexi about it in more detail afterwards.

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luvbug00 replied: k i would say yes for now but insist they send home a packet for the parents with the class content. Mya's teacher sent home an info packet like this because i requested it. I would have said yes either way but still I like to know what is going on with her schooling.

danahas4monkeys replied: Here they do the good touch/ bad touch program in headstart too and tell you a head of time in case you dont want your child to attend they just tell you when it is so you can keep them home. I've talked to all 4 of my kids about all of this at a very young age cause lets face it we live in a sick world and I want them to be aware of what could happen and how to protect themselves. Now they did a different program with the older kids last year they went into explicit detail without parental consent and had a paper packet with pictures that were a little too graphic and when I seen them I went through the roof and went to the school and went off. It was more the whole puberty talk which done properly I would have been fine with but this was tmi for 5 and 6th grade kids my older daughter was mortified!

moped replied: So what age is recommended for this talk???

I did not vote because i have no clue what to answer....

Nina J replied: I think it can be beneficial to have someone besides the parents talk about these things with a child. Even though at that age, kids look up to their parents. I remember I thought my parents were like God and knew everything

I've had the talks too, where ever your bathing suit touches is only for you. But I wouldn't say no to have someone else tell my child too, because a) kids forget stuff and I would feel good knowing that my child was seeing that more than one person is saying the same thing. If you kwim.

msoulz replied: What did you decide? And if she attended, how did it go for her?