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Teaching Children About Sexual Abuse

by Anne-Marie Nichols

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Sunday’s Denver Post ran a series of articles about sexual abuse and offered some tips for parents in Teach children early, and go beyond “Beware of strangers”.

As reported by Post staff writer Chuck Plunkett:

Children should learn some basics early, says Victoria Strong, who directs the Front Range Center for Assault Prevention.

Strong says parents should teach their children the difference between safe and unsafe touches and kisses, and that touches and kisses should never have to be kept secret; if someone says a touch or kiss should be a secret, that is the first clue it is unsafe and they need to tell an adult immediately; children should be in control of their bodies and decide for themselves who they let touch or kiss them; children need to learn the names of their genitals.

Strong says if children have this information potential perpetrators often will leave them alone and seek out the less-informed.

But Strong and other experts agree that educating very young children isn’t enough. Parents also should educate themselves, and pay careful attention to the people they entrust with their children.

The article also mentions Parenting Safe Children, LLC, which conducts Parenting Safe Children workshops in the Denver-Boulder, Colorado area.

Finally, check out the Denver Post’s stories - Childhood sexual abuse still haunts her and Sex-abuse: A childhood lost.

If you know of articles or websites that give parents advice on how to keep their kids safe, contact me and put “Safety Tips” in the subject line.

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Posted in Safety Tips, Sexual Abuse on March 12th, 2007

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One Response to “Teaching Children About Sexual Abuse”

  1. Imaginif Says:
    March 22nd, 2007 at 6:52 pm

    What a great site! Well done to you. As a protective behaviour consultant from Australia I am impressed with both the quality and content of your posts.
    I hope than many parents find the excellent value in what you are doing.
    Thanks for linking to my site too. Together we can all protect children from sexual predators.
    Do you know about Blog against Sexual Violence Day on April 5? Details can be found on abyss2hope blog.

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