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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, no touch is the best for young kids. Pedophiles gain trust by starting with good touch, and then the kids feel safe and secure with them, and then bad touch starts happening.[/quote]

Have you taught preschool?  Because it's impossible to teach little kids without touching them.  You hold their hands on field trips, and help them wash their hands after they've been finger painting, and high five them when they've done a good job, and put on bandaids, and tie their shoes.  Those are the kinds of "good touch" that Good Touch Bad Touch talks about.

And yes, if you're a good teacher then one of your goals is that the kids feel safe and secure with you.  Little kids can't learn in an environment where they don't feel safe and secure.  Teaching your kid to be afraid of teachers, on the chance that they might be pedophiles, is not the solution.  The solution is complex and multi dimensional, and includes things like rigorous background checks, 2 deep supervision, and teaching kids to know what to do when they're touched inappropriately.[/quote]

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