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Teaching young children about body boundaries, both theirs and others, is crucial to a child’s growing sense of self, their confidence and how they should expect to be treated by others. A child growing up knowing they have a right to their own personal space, gives that child ownership and choices as to what happens to them and to their body. It is equally important a child understands, from a very young age, they need to respect another person’s body boundary and ask for their consent when entering their personal space. This book explores these concepts with children in a child-friendly and easily-understood manner, providing familiar scenarios for children to engage with and discuss. It is important that the reader and the child take the time required to unpack each scenario and explore what they mean both to the character in the book, who may not be respecting someone’s body boundary, and to the character who is being disrespected. It is through these vital discussions that children will learn the meaning of body boundaries, consent and respect. Learning these key social skills through such stories as 'Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect' and role-modelling by significant adults can, importantly, carry forward into a child’s teenage years and adult life.

　教導孩子認識自己和他人的身體界線是非常重要的課題。在成長過程中，知曉自己有權擁有個人空間的孩子，會知道對於發生在他們身上和自己身體的事，他們是有自主權和選擇權的；同等重要的是，孩子也要從小學會尊重他人的身體界線，以及必須徵求同意才能進入別人的個人空間。
　　現在，就跟我們翻開書本，以簡單易懂的方式，提升孩子的自我意識、幫助建立自信心，以及了解應該如何被他人對待。
　　本書以簡單易懂的文字與圖片，配上貼近孩子的情境來講述「身體界線」這些概念，引導孩子能夠參與討論。文字淺顯易懂、插圖生動鮮明，非常適合學校教師或家長們跟孩子聊聊他們的感受和情緒，並且幫助孩子培養同理心和理解他人。我們要鼓勵、稱讚孩子的正向回應，並確認他們能了解，勇於說出自己的想法及感受。——林瓊珠／臺北市國教輔導團性別平等教育議題輔導小組召集人、臺北市北投區大屯國小校長
　　用「畫出身體的界線」教導孩子建立自我意識，這是一本簡明易懂且實用的好書。
　　這本書的插畫非常精緻，每一頁圖畫中人物的表情及肢體動作都非常清楚地表達了文字意涵，作者所要傳達的訊息：身體自主權、自我感受、明確拒絕、尊重他人、做出選擇、建立安全網……所有的細節都不遺漏。最後還有五頁的延伸討論，更深層次的提問及動手做，提供家長與孩子互動及思考練習的操作教材。