Protecting Your Children
Talk to your children about sexual abuse
- Touching problems
- Secret touching (accidental, bribes, threats)
- Safety issues - play "what if" games
Safety Tips for Supervision of Children
- Get to know those who have access to your children
- Be concerned about those who are "too good to be true" or "too interested and available to watch your children"
- Supervise all internet activities closely
Children's interactions with each other
- Watch carefully when your child's companions have 3 or more years' difference in age
- Watch for and discuss inappropriate sexual touchings or interactions
- Be objective not defensive
- Educate your children about their boundaries
Factors that place children at a higher risk for abuse
- Age
- History of psychiatric disorders
- Physical and emotional climate of family
- History of abuse in the family
- Parenting skills
- Exposure to pornography
