God Made All of Me: A Book to Help Children Protect Their Bodies

This is a great book to include in conversations with your children about keeping their bodies safe. My only suggestion is that the publishers consider formatting it a little bit differently. I would encourage them to consider putting the reviews and statistical information in pull out sheets that parents can read and then remove. Some of that sensitive information is on the back of important pages. For example, statistics about sexual abuse percentages are on the front side of the "God made all of me" purple Scripture page. That purple page seems to be the beginning of the kid's portion of the book. Since my oldest two kids are 9 and 7, if I left those pages in and the book was lying around, they could read those for themselves. I'm not ready for them to have those numbers floating around in their heads. The last page of the story, with Psalm 28:7, another important page, has the first of 9 tips on how to keep your children safe from sexual abuse. Of course we need those tips, and it's not that the wording isn't approachable, but for our family, which is trying to scaffold their presentation of this topic, I would prefer it to not be a bound part of the book. I ended up taking out any pages that had more "grown up" details in them, or gluing/taping the last mentioned page to another. This may seem overly cautious on my part, but it seemed important to mention. Corrie TenBoom has a wonderful story of how her father used the idea of a heavy suitcase to help her understand a parent's timing in the process of sharing knowledge with his or her children, and the things I mentioned above seem like they might make that suitcase a little to heavy for my kiddos at this time. May the Lord grant us wisdom as we engage this topic with our children!

I say this delicately, because this is an important book about a vital topic...in its current state, this is not a book to give your kids.We thought the middle - the parts geared for children - were very well done. But with the beginning and ending aimed at adults, it's not something I felt we could just leave around the house. My kids aren't ready for child abuse statistics, and I would venture not many between 2 and 8 are. The message in the center of the book? YES. Helping a child grasp the number of sexual assaults when they can scarcely do math? NO.This means we have to be purposeful and careful with the content. We have to keep the prying eyes of our 8 year old from seeing things that would cause her to ask questions in front of her 3 year old brother that he certainly couldn't handle. It just makes it awkward and hard to manage, and that's a shame.I wish there was a totally kid friendly version and an adult workbook. I would pay extra for two items, because this is important.I also hope Mr. Holcomb will continue to write and share his heart for this issue. May God bless his ministry!

It's a book about children and their bodies and appropriate touch vs inappropriate. Which on the surface could seem like a pretty daunting subject. One that many of us might like to shy away from, but this book does a good job of making it natural and not awkward. One of my favorite things about the book is that it incorporated part of the catechism which we have already been instilling in our kids. Q"Who made you?" A"God made me."Q"What else did God make?" A"God made all things."It incorporates scripture. It discusses saying no to unwanted touch that isn't necessarily bad, as well as touch that shouldn't happen. I also like that it talks about the difference between secrets and surprises, that if anyone tells your child to keep a secret that they should always tell mom and dad and that they will not get in trouble for telling mom and dad about things that have made them uncomfortable etc.My 3 year old asked me to read it 3x in a row and she enjoyed answering the catechism questions like we do at night and listing the parts of her body that God made. Some of it is a little above her head but I think it is great to start early and have both parent and child comfortable with open conversation.

I do wish they hadn't included a note to the parents in here, or had at least made it easy to remove - my 7yo would absolutely freak out if she read that part, so I have to be careful not to leave the book lying around. The content for kids is great though, easy enough for my 4yo to understand and incorporate the language. She'll say, "Mommy, today my belly is not for sharing!" if she doesn't want me to tickle her, for example. This is a positive, non-scary way to talk about body parts.

I bought this book to teach my 3 year old daughter about her body before she went to nursery. Overall the book is excellent - the teaching content is exactly what I'd want to teach her, and the illustrations are very well done and engaging for children.The only really minor issues I have with the book are first, for younger children I found thst there were too many words. This is remedied by simply reading through the book on your own first and then knowing where to change certain words or shorten certain sections. But itst something to be aware of. The second issue, related to the first, is that the book does feature words like "penis" and "vagina". This is good for older kids, but for younger kids parents may not want to introduce those words yet. Again, this is remedied by simply skipping over this bit or just using different words you feel are more appropriate.This book is a must have for families. I know of no other resource that so clearly teaches children about God's design for their bodies and how they can look after it.

This book is a great idea, don't get me wrong, and I love the picture book illustrations. However, there is too much text in my opinion and my five year old son (who is a bookworm) got bored and hasn't chosen it again. Could be done as a family project if you were willing to take a small amount each time, but personally I would have chosen to focus on fewer elements.

This is too wordy in places definity a book to work through with your child rather leave them too it.

So useful for our four year old! Neither too much nor too little detail.

Best book

This is an absolutely fabulous book for young kids! I bought this for my 3 and a half year old who was starting nursery school. Not only does it reiterate that YOU are in charge of your body and help explain keeping your hands to yourself, etc. it also explains private areas, and the difference of a surprise versus secrets. I LOVE that it is not fear-based at all, and was able to go over sensitive topics without projecting any sense of shame. We were able to read it without her being scared or freaked out. It opened up the door for her to ask us questions and to have a conversation - it’s never too early to teach your children what is okay and what is not!

I love that this book teaches kids that their whole body is valuable and good. When God made us he said "It is very good" and that includes the whole body, even the sensitive private areas. It is normal to be shy and awkward, it is even healthy to some degree, when we talk about privates but they are still good parts of our body. I love how this book conveys value and from that foundation kids are given a voice to speak up when they are uncomfortable with any type of physical contact. Not fear inducing. Great book. My kids and I jump up and down (using our legs), swish our hair to talk about how it is good, wiggle our fingers, and talk about our "public parts" that we name in public and "Private parts" that we name and discuss privately with safe adults when needed. God said "it is good!"

I bought this book after seeing a couple reviews. I’m so glad I did. Our bodies are beautifully created by our Creator but have been made to seem ‘bad’. This book simply explains bodies in an easy manner for kids to understand. It talks about secrets and even what to do when your touched in ways that make you feel uncomfortable.

We read this book to our three year old and our five year old and although we would skip over some parts, it made the explanation of why their body needs to be protected and how special they are very easy to understand. This is a great way to open up the conversation in a way that's not awkward

So challenging to find a book about abuse that doesn't scare kids! It teaches confidence, appropriateness, and real practical skills and tips. I've read it to my 5,4,& 3 year old and have shared it out to many family's in our community.

I highly recommend this for all parents and their kids. Explains things very well and opens up conversation. My suggested age for the book would be 4-8.

Such a great book, covers so many points about body safety, very clear and age appropriate, I highly recommend.

This book nails it! It's not always easy to talk body safety with kids, but this book is a fantastic conversation starter! I recommend this book for all parents of small children!

A hugely important book

Very sweet book. Delivers the topic in a gentle, sensitive way for young listeners and covers some really important points.