Personal Safety & Boundaries for Parents, Schools & Safeguarding Professionals

Personal safety and boundaries are an important part of helping children feel safe, aware, and able to speak up.

This section brings together practical guidance for parents, schools, and safeguarding-aware adults supporting children aged 5–10 with everyday safety, trusted adults, body boundaries, real-world awareness, and situations where children may need calm guidance before problems happen.

These guides are written in a clear, supportive, preventative style to help adults build safety knowledge early, so children feel more confident, more prepared, and more able to ask for help when needed.

Who this section is for

This section is for:

• parents and carers

• teachers and school staff

• safeguarding professionals

• adults supporting children aged 5–10

• anyone helping children build safer habits, stronger boundaries, and trusted-adult awareness

What this section covers

The guides in this section help adults support children with:

• personal boundaries

• safe and unsafe secrets

• trusted adults

• surprises and secrets

• support circles

• road safety

• choosing safer clubs, tutors, and activities

• sleepovers

• public transport safety

• school trip and overnight stay safety

• coming home safely and on time

These topics matter because children benefit from repeated, calm teaching about safety, boundaries, routines, and what to do when something feels confusing, uncomfortable, or wrong.

Articles in this section

• How to Teach Children About Personal Boundaries (Ages 5–10)

• How to Teach Children About Safe and Unsafe Secrets (Ages 5–10)

• How to Help Children Understand Trusted Adults (Ages 5–10)

• Teaching Children the Difference Between Surprises and Secrets (Ages 5–10)

• Trusted Adults for Kids: Helping Children Build a Safe Support Circle (Ages 5–10)

• How to Teach Road Safety Without Frightening Children (Ages 5–10)

• How to Choose Safe After-School Clubs, Tutors and Activities for Children (Ages 5–10)

• How to Prepare a Child for a Sleepover (Ages 5–10)

• How to Teach Children to Use Public Transport Safely (Ages 5–10)

• School Trip Safety for Children: How to Prepare Ages 5–10

• Helping Children Come Home Safely and On Time (Ages 5–10)

These articles are designed to help adults build stronger everyday safeguarding habits around the situations children face at home, in school, in public spaces, and in activities away from parents or carers.

You can explore the books here

Professionals and parents can also access structured safeguarding resources here

You can explore our Toolkits here