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1. VERY IMPORTANT: It’s OK to feel uncomfortable when talking about this subject, but please think of it as another part of their personal safety training. Children feel safer if they know what to do if they are threatened.

2. 4 Main points children should know if they are threatened:

1. TRUST their feelings
2. Say “NO”
3. GET AWAY
4. Tell and KEEP TELLING until someone believes them.

3. By the time they are 3, children can begin to understand respect for their body and should be taught proper names for body parts. One idea is to teach them the concept of “PRIVATE PARTS”: as being wherever your bathing suit covers. Private parts are not to be touched by anyone besides parents or the doctor.

4. Sexual abuse is more likely to be at the hands of people they and you KNOW and trust and our first reaction would be to think that this couldn’t have happened.

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