We Can Prevent Child Sexual Abuse brings together several topics, which include reducing the risk of child sexual abuse, primary prevention, intervention, and how to engage in open conversations. You will learn proven tips and strategies to prevent child sexual abuse, as well as helpful advice about what to do if a child comes in contact with an abuser. By the end of the book, you will learn the five steps to being a “parent preventionist.”
The strategies you learn will actively address other issues as well. Child sexual abuse does not exist in a vacuum. Ensuring the safety of children and their ability to live freely from sexual abuse and other forms of abuse and neglect is a human rights and social justice issue. Once you start reframing how you talk about child sexual abuse, you may notice a shift in social justice, gender equity, and gender equality. Following the recommendations in this book will also help you:
- Improve conversations within your family.
- Create safer spaces for children.
- Prevent and mitigate intergenerational trauma that is a result of abuse.
- Reduce and prevent incidents of bullying and sexual violence in youth relationships.
- Allow children to feel safer in their homes, schools, and communities.
- Develop empowered children who have better boundaries, more empathy, and greater compassion.
- Improve intergenerational relationships.
