About The Belly Brain

The Belly Brain is a completely unique concept to child safety.  It is a unique part of the Keeping Kids Safe safety program by child safety experts Preston Jones and Joyce Jackson.

Your child has two brains.

Yes, we know you feel like sometimes, as a parent, they may not even have one. However, we do think, despite the scientific evidence, that kids, all of us for that matter, have two brains. 

There is one in their head and one in their belly. We call the one in the belly the Belly Brain.

It’s the one brain in their belly, the Belly Brain, that in safety, is the more important of the two.

Why should you care about a Belly Brain? Simple. It is the one thing you and your child can count on in their ability to keep themselves safe.

Look, at some point in their life, your child is going out somewhere with out you. School. The end of the yard. The Park. Soccer practice. The Mall as a teenager. At some point in their life your child will be out without you and will need to be able to take care of themselves against any danger. In safety and prevention, we think kids can learn to sense danger as it is developing and get away from it. Sometimes they’ll even be able to see it and avoid it. It’s called prevention.

It can be any type of childhood threat such as bullies at school, a car slowing as it goes up and down the street, being near a neighbor or close family friend or being in a room one on one with another adult.

When something inappropriate or threatening develops we want your child’s natural instincts, which we simply bring awareness to and build upon, to go off. We want them to find a trusted adult, parent or family member and get help. We want them to act confidently, assuredly and quickly.

Thus, the Belly Brain.

You need it because your child needs it. It is the first line of defense, prevention, in their ability to keep themselves safe.