Keep Your Children Safe From Sexual Abuse With These Simple Steps

  1. Be aware of where danger is greatest

Prevention all begins with understanding what to look out for. Know where, when, and with who to trust your kids alone.

A staggering 85-95% of sexual abuse is committed by someone the child already trusts and is familiar with, according to Aha Parenting.

You need to worry more about where your child is at birthday parties with friends, than you do at the park with strangers.

An article titled “A Reasoned Approach: Reshaping Sex Offender Policy to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse”, revealed how 34% of child sexual abuse offenders are “family members of the child.”

And many of us have a presupposition that perpetrators of sexual crimes are older adult males with psychological issues, and a certain look about them.

It may be shocking to know, that according to a 2000 report by the “Criminal Justice Source Statistics”, the average age of sex offenders is 14.

Leaving your younger children with older ones unsupervised is never a wise idea. In adolescence, sexual feelings are very confusing and developing at a rapid pace.

Don’t ever risk your child becoming the object of sexual curiosity or worse.