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Feb 2021

26m 31s

#220: Teaching Body Autonomy & Outside I...

Erin Royer, MA Clinical Psychology, Child Development Specialist

About this episode

What do you do when your preschooler/child insists on touching others uninvited? Erin gives several guidelines and tools for teaching body autonomy and respect in both directions, giving and receiving. Next, what do we do about outside influences that are different from our parenting values and goals, such as day-cares, schools or grandparents? When should we be concerned and how do we best handle those scenarios?

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