"It is your body. Remember to say an emphatic no if somone other than your parents, ayah and doctor is about to touch your private parts," a child consultant associated with an elite city school told the tiny tots - aged from 3 to 12 years - at the 'Story'.
"If you feel someone is not touching you at right places say no and please report to your mom and papa," the lady teacher told the attentive gathering of children and their parents at the bookstore.
We will organise another workship with greater attendance where the parents and their little wards will be sesitised by people outside the family, the bus driver, peon, and even teachers," the consultant said.
Siddharth Pansari of Story said, "This was a participatory session and we hope the discussion helped in the awareness about the issue. The round two is in the offing.
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