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Keeping
Your Child Safe:
- Talk openly,
talk early to your child about his or her body.
- Use correct
terminology when speaking to your child about his or her sexual body
parts.
- Teach your child
what is ok touching and what is not ok touching.
- Talk about sexual
abuse prevention with the same honesty and concern you would talk
about pool/water safety.
- Consider the
Internet a stranger in your home.
- Ask your child
for his or her password, if he or she has one.
- If your child
has a My Space profile, tell your child that you want to view it and
do so!
If your
child tells you he or she has been sexually abused:
- Don't panic!
Remain calm.
- Believe your
child and do all you can to make sure he or she knows that you believe
him or her.
- Praise and thank
him or her for being brave enough to tell you.
- Report sexual
abuse to the police or the Department of Children and Families, formerly
the Division of Youth and Family Services.
- Assure the child
he or she did nothing wrong.
- Make sure that
the child knows that it is your job to protect him or her and that
you will do just that!
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