SINGAPORE: It is horrifying to read about the recent spate of child sexual abuse cases being brought to court, especially those involving
But more can be done. Body safety teaching can start even earlier, at the pre-school age. And to ensure access to such education, these messages should be integrated into all pre-school curricula.Body safety is part of sexuality education, and it takes a wider perspective than sex education, which is more narrowly concerned with explaining the act of sex.
In particular, they had significant learning in the identification of their private body parts, and the strategies to take— summarised into the N.O.T. rules—Say No, Walk Out, Tell a Trusted Adult— if somebody touches them inappropriately. Then there will always be a handful of cases where the parents are the ones who perpetuate the sexual crimes themselves.MAKE PROGRAMMES PRE-SCHOOL-BASED
The Singapore Children's Society runs a programme called Kidzlive which teaches young children about body safety. But even so, practical constraints of not having enough time outside of curriculum to cover these skills means that body safety education often gets squeezed out.Pre-schools have allowed us into their spaces to talk to young children about body safety and have rallied their parents to attend our talks. ECDA has listed our training programme as a continuing professional development course for educators since 2017.
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