Lila Danisa
Ah this book is so good! Perfect for my 5 years old son to learn about private body parts and boundaries.
This book explained explicitly about which body parts that private and only belongs to you. Explicitly as in words used and illustrations. Since my son was way younger, I already taught him the name of body parts as their correct names. He knows that he has penis and I have vagina/vulva. He knows that boys/men's nipples can't breastfeed babies and the ones on girls/women can do it. Hence this book was perfecting what he already knew.
Boundaries also smoothly taught in this book. For me, the highlight of this book is that it's ok to verbally say you are not comfortable with hugs and/or being touch by someone (even doctors/medical personnel). Fortunately I also already applied this to my son because he himself is the type of kid who doesn't like being touched by someone he doesn't know well enough. Boundaries are very important for him even since he was way younger. Again, this book validated what he already knew and been practicing.
Another point plus for this book was the diversity and inclusiveness within the characters. There was even a character with hijab and my son was so happy about it since his ibu (mom, in Indonesian) is a hijabi. Well hello, I am his ibu and I am a (proud) hijabi. Representation matters.
Thank you to Krupa Bhojani Playforth MD, Callisto Publishing, Callisto Kids, and NetGalley for the ARC.
Originally posted at www.goodreads.com.
Ah this book is so good! Perfect for my 5 years old son to learn about private body parts and boundaries.
This book explained explicitly about which body parts that private and only belongs to you. Explicitly as in words used and illustrations. Since my son was way younger, I already taught him the name of body parts as their correct names. He knows that he has penis and I have vagina/vulva. He knows that boys/men's nipples can't breastfeed babies and the ones on girls/women can do it. Hence this book was perfecting what he already knew.
Boundaries also smoothly taught in this book. For me, the highlight of this book is that it's ok to verbally say you are not comfortable with hugs and/or being touch by someone (even doctors/medical personnel). Fortunately I also already applied this to my son because he himself is the type of kid who doesn't like being touched by someone he doesn't know well enough. Boundaries are very important for him even since he was way younger. Again, this book validated what he already knew and been practicing.
Another point plus for this book was the diversity and inclusiveness within the characters. There was even a character with hijab and my son was so happy about it since his ibu (mom, in Indonesian) is a hijabi. Well hello, I am his ibu and I am a (proud) hijabi. Representation matters.
Thank you to Krupa Bhojani Playforth MD, Callisto Publishing, Callisto Kids, and NetGalley for the ARC.
Originally posted at www.goodreads.com.