Melissa &amp; Heather discuss ways that parents and caregivers can prevent child abuse at home. You’ll learn how to empower your child to refuse possible abusers and trust their intuition. A few other topics included in this episode are body autonomy, boundaries, and private body parts. 
You can find SafeR Journeys Podcast at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/podcast_saferjourneys/">https://www.instagram.com/podcast_saferjourneys/</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/safer.journeys.podcast">https://www.facebook.com/safer.journeys.podcast</a>. Melissa and Heather are preventionists with Safe Journeys, a domestic and sexual violence agency serving LaSalle and Livingston counties in Illinois. You can learn more at http://safejourneysillinois.org/ 
Media to support this episode:
<a href="secondstep.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Secondstep.org </a>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@2ndStepProgram/videos" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.youtube.com/@2ndStepProgram/videos</a>
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Bonus Episode! Interview with Jayneen Sanders

Safer Journeys is a podcast created to inform parents, educators, and anyone that cares for young people. Raising young people in today’s environment can be tricky. This podcast serves to keep you up to date on issues affecting youth and children. We will provide suggestions, advice, and information on how to talk to children about sensitive subjects, as well as things to look out for in order to keep our community’s youth safe and healthy.