Effects on Children

• Provide age appropriate sex education to your child.
• Discuss the importance of safety and privacy with your child. Introduce the concept of boundaries.
• Encourage your child to say “NO”/”Stop” in a loud voice when s/he feels that her/his privacy is being violated.
• Do not assume that only girl child is at risk of abuse.
• Ensure that children are not left un-motivated over a long duration of time.
• Encourage your child to talk about his/her feelings. Children are very perspective. They can detect a “good touch” and a “bad touch”.
• Encourage your child to be in a group.
• Explain to your child the importance of disclosure if any adult or older children threat/give gifts to your child for any sexual act.
• Make sure that all adults who perform child care duties have no past history several of misbehavior.
• Report to relevant authority any adult of sexual misbehavior with a child.
• Keep friendly relationship with your child, trust your child and listen to him/her what s/he is telling about.