Protect Your Child Against Sexual Abuse
On June - 25 - 2012
Family safety guide: Protect your child against sexual abuse
By American Academy of Pediatrics, Parenting.com
(Parenting.com) — Summer days bring camp and pools and sports — lots of free time when kids are playing on their own or being supervised by other adults. No parent wants to think about it, but in the era of scary abuse headlines, it’s important to make sure your child understands the rules about appropriate and inappropriate touching. Sadly, a sexual predator is very often a person your child knows well — not a stranger. Cindy Christian, M.D., chair of the AAP Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, reveals how to keep your child safe. READ MORE HERE
---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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