Teacher Goes Viral with Classroom Song About Sexual Consent

Teacher goes viral with classroom song about sexual consent

Watch a Namibian teacher's song about consent that has gone viral on social media. Gelda Waterboer performed the song, encouraging children to report anyone touching them inappropriately, with her students in a video which has now gathered over 12 million likes on TikTok. "These are my private parts, no one should touch them. And if you touch my private parts, I will tell my mother," the group chants while pointing to various parts of the body, …

ICYMI: Namibian teacher’s song about body safety praised internationally

Namibian Primary school teacher Gelda Waterboer has gained international recognition for a short educational video, during which she teaches her learners the importance of body privacy and to immediately confide in a trusted adult if they are ever touched inappropriately.   The “private parts” song by Waterboer, a Grade 1 teacher at Rogate Primary School in Otjiwarongo, has gone viral around the world, with news outlets from the USA to Australia…