Helping children to protect themselves against abuse.

All to often children are always told do what an adult tells them, in which they begin to believe and o, but it should only be effective if the child being shown the same consideration by the adult

Children should be taught its okay to say no to something which they are unsure if or is worrying or frightening them. Children must be taught to understand that they can refuse to do anything they are uncomfortable with.

 

Once again when teaching children acceptable behaviour we often tell them not to “answer back” “argue, shout, kick up a fuss”. when teaching children how to protect themselves for abuse the very opposite is true.
Children who feel threatened should be taught to make as much noise as possible they should kick back and encourage to scream if necessary.