As your child grows up and has more social interactions outside the home, it is important to discuss their own personal boundaries. 

Interacting with more people, relationships can develop or become more complex. Your child should know their rights and responsibilities.

Boundaries help your child understand and respect:

• who they are
• people around them.

Your child is the boss of their own body. They have the right to say no to touch or language they don’t like.

It is important for children to understand that for every right they have regarding their own personal boundaries, they have a responsibility to respect other people’s rights to the same thing. Every person has the responsibility to ask permission if they are likely to impede on someone else’s personal boundaries.