subject: Tips For Parents On How To Stop Child Abuse [print this page] How to stop child abuse is often asked question by parents of teenagers, young children and minors. Responsible adults interested in preventing child sexual abuse can join child abuse organizations and work to form a framework to prevent child sexual abuse. Child abuse organizations work with preplanned programs that recognize and react conscientiously to child sexual abuse.
Child sexual abuse is any sexual act between an adult and a minor or between two minors when one exerts power over the other. It is forcing, coercing or persuading a child to engage in any type of sexual act. Thus, sexual abuse includes sexual contact, non-contact acts like exhibitionism, exposure to pornography, and voyeurism. Naturally it is an agonizing and traumatic experience for its victims. The crime is punishable by law and it is an adults job to look into the safety of a child. Children need to be taught to keep themselves safe, and it is more of a responsibility of adults to look into matters of sexual abuse prevention.
The beginning steps for parents to help sexual abuse victims are learning the facts and understand the potential risks about the world we live in. Comprehending the reality and being aware of the neighborhood, family friends and people who come in contact with children is necessary. The greatest risk to children doesn't come from strangers but from friends and family. Reporting sexual abuse is one of the necessary steps.
Protecting children by reducing the risk is another way of protecting them. By choosing group situations the risk can be reduced rather than by one adult- one child norm. The abusers often become friendly with potential victims and their families, enjoying family activities, earning trust, and gaining time alone with children. Abusers are manipulative and prevent the child from telling the truth to their parents. The children must be encouraged to disclose everything to their parents. Good communication skills are helpful for parents of young children.
In an endeavor to help sexual abuse victims Chi Hosseinion, the Founder of U Touch I Tell, has created the children's book with the same name. The purpose of the book is to give parents and other caretakers a comfortable way to teach their children how to protect themselves.
