𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞.

𝑴𝒆𝒆𝒕 ........ - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑨𝒃𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒎.

𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆.

Most child sexual abuse is carried out either by family members or people children or families know. This means that preventing child sexual abuse starts with your family and your community.

Here are some everyday things you can do in your family and community to prevent child sexual abuse:

Talk with children about child sexual abuse and children’s personal and sexual safety.

Take some basic safety precautions – for example, if your child is alone with adults or young people, ensure that they can be seen or interrupted at any time, and always go with your child to public toilets.

Ask for details of supervision and sleeping arrangements when your child is invited to sleepovers, parties, camps, outings and so on.

Check in with your child on things like sleepovers, sport and so on. For example, message your child at sleepovers to ask how things are going. Or ask questions like, ‘How was football coaching today?’

Ask other parents how they check in on their children’s safety.

Learn about grooming.

Trust your instinct if something doesn’t feel right – for example, you can say no if people ask to take your child on outings alone, offer to coach your child individually, and so on

Ask other parents about community organisations and groups that follow child-safe practices or have good reputations for child safety, and ask organisations about their policies.

- Words of Kodial 

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