19/07/2025
So true
We spend so much focus teaching children to tell, tell, tell, say no, don't keep secrets, if someone s*xually abuses them, yet adults can barely talk about the issue.
Because children are living through s*xual victimization day in and day out, adults have a duty to talk about it and practice prevention skills as best we can, day in and day out, so children can have safe childhoods once and for all.
Every parent / caregiver and person working with youth has a responsibility to actively practice prevention on behalf of the children in their care.
For me, after almost 4 decades working in the field of child s*x abuse prevention, I have seen repeatedly that the denial that surrounds this crime is exactly what allows it to continue.
If we say...
➡️I have boys, I don't need to think about child s*xual abuse
➡️This would never happen in my family / organization
➡️I live in a really safe close-knit community
➡️I don't want to live with a feeling of paranoia
➡️My children are never away from me
➡️I really would rather bury my head in the sand...
then we are complicit in allowing the continual s*xual perpetration of children.
If we expect children to tell, we must talk about it.
That's what I do in my Parenting Safe Children Workshops.
I help you make a really uncomfortable topic less scary by providing simple actions you can take everyday.
Are you willing to feel a little uncomfortable so your children never have to?
My next Parenting Safe Children workshop is
August 30th live via Zoom.
Register at parentingsafechildren.com/calendar or DM me.
