I have the right to be safe brochure - Family Planning Queensland

These are places you can phone for help.Kids Help Line 1800 55 1800Police 000If you want more information about your body,your feelings and growing up, phoneFamily Planning Queensland:I have the rightto be safeBrisbane Gold Coast Sunshine Coast3250 0240 5531 2636 5479 0755Bundaberg4151 1556Cairns4051 3788or visit our website:Ipswich Toowoomba3281 4088 4632 8166Rockhampton Townsville4927 3999 4723 8184www.fpq.com.auChildren healthy and safeDisclaimerFamily Planning Queensland (FPQ) has taken every care to ensure that the information contained in thispublication is accurate and up-to-date at the time of being published. As information and knowledge isconstantly changing, readers are strongly advised to confirm that the information complies with presentresearch, legislation and policy guidelines. FPQ accepts no responsibility for difficulties that may arise as aresult of an individual acting on the advice and recommendations it contains.© Family Planning QueenslandVersion 4 / November 2012P: 11/12 10mWinner of the 2002 Child ProtectionWeek Award for Curriculum in SchoolsPromoting personal safetyThis booklet is best used as part of a self protection education programwith the parent/carer factsheet, Feel Safe – promoting self protection.Children healthy and safe

Everybody has different feelings.Your feelings are important.It is important to tell the peopleyou trust how you are feeling.How do you feel?People who can help are adults who1. Listen to you2. Believe you3. Help you to feel safeWrite the names of people who can help you.happysadangry1scaredconfusedsafeYou are important.Keep telling someone until someone helpsyou to feel safe.6

If someone touches your body in a way thatmakes you feel scared, angry, sad orconfused:REMEMBERYou have a right to be safe.Your body belongs to you.No one can touch any part of your body in away that makes you feel scared, angry, sador confused. This includes your private parts.NOTry to say NO or STOPYour swimmers cover the private parts ofyour body.GOTELLGO to a safe place assoon as you cannipplesbreastsListen carefully to what your body tells youabout being touched.vulvavaginabottompenistesticles5Your body gives you warning feelings tellingyou that you might need help.2

There are lots of different types of touch.It is important to understand when a touchis friendly, loving, helping, sexy or a NO touch.There are rules about touch to help usbe safe.friendlyIt is not OKfor anyone to touch your body if you do¡not want them tolovingfor someone to make you touch their¡body if you do not want tofor someone in your family to touch you¡in a sexy wayhelping¡ for adults to touch a child in a sexy wayfor people to be sexy in front of you.¡Being sexy is private.3sexyNOIt is also not OK for someone to showyou pictures or photos from DVDs,mobile phones, computers ormagazines that show private body partsor people being sexy if you do not wantthem to.4