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Namibian Teacher’s TikTok on Body Boundaries Surges Past 115 Million Views

She presents the lesson as child-protection education, using a forceful tone to model how children should respond to unwanted touching.

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Über 115 Millionen Mal wurde das Video der afrikanischen Lehrerin Gelda Waterboer bei TikTok angesehen, in dem sie mit ihren Grundschülern einen Song über deren Intimbereiche einstudiert.

Overview

  • Gelda Waterboer of Rogate Primary School in Namibia posted a classroom video teaching first graders a song that names private body parts and sets a clear no-touch rule.
  • The clip has amassed more than 115 million views and millions of likes, with earlier coverage citing roughly 92 million as the total continued to rise.
  • Set to The Wheels on the Bus, the lyrics instruct children to tell a parent or teacher if someone touches them, and the class is shown singing along.
  • Waterboer says teaching children to say no is about protection rather than manners, and she intentionally uses an angry delivery to model firm boundaries.
  • Reports describe widespread praise with some questions about age appropriateness, and there is no indication of formal action by the school or authorities.