In an effort to protect kids from sexual abuse, parents Kate and Rod Power have written a book called ‘My Underpants Rule’.
The book is a lighthearted rhyming book that explains to children how to protect their private parts.
Kate has been a police officer for 15 years and has seen some terrible crimes done to kids. The idea of the book came about when some incidents occurred in the community that were close to her kids and she realized that she needed to do something to help protect all kids, not just her own.
The book has been written so that children aged four to eight can comprehend the message.
Rod explains, ‘”I started thinking about what I remembered from my childhood and the thing that stuck the most was nursery rhymes so that’s how we came up with the idea to do the rule as a rhyming book so kids can engage with it and pick it up really quickly.”
Kate admits it can be very confronting for parents to have to teach their kids about such awful acts but this is where the book My Underpants Rule can help parents protect their kids from finding themselves in a difficult positon.
“It’s very difficult to talk to a child in a way that’s not going to scare them,” Rod said.
“We think we’ve come up with something that’s engaging for children and gives parents an easy way to talk to children in a way they understand so they get the message without being scared by it and in fact can even be empowered by it.”
The book is available on their website.
If you or someone you know need help regarding child abuse, call the Child Protection Crisis Line on 13 12 78.
