Keeping Them Safe

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Context is defined as "the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed". In the world of child sexual abuse prevention, the context was determined almost 50 years ago and new efforts to bring forth a new context meet with significant roadblocks. This episode talks about the differences between the existing context, or paradigm, for child sexual abuse prevention and the one the Keeping Them Safe and Because of You operate from and how you can help shift the listening in a way that expands protection for children.

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Children hear what we say. They translate it literally. This episode reminds us that it is important for us to think before we react to incidents, situations, news stories, gossip or even what our children say. We talk about things we might do to ensure that our comments and responses reinforce the message to our children that we are there for them and they can tell us anything.

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Regardless of how vigilant we are, there will be times when predators oursmart us and our children pay the price. In addition, our commitment to being Alert Adults can open the door to another adult who is finally willing to share earlier abuse that has not been disclosed. When that happens, how do we handle it? How do we do the right thing and protect those invoved from further harm? How do we react to hearing this about someone we care about?

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A discussion of what we recently learned about the "old ways" of prevention education and their failure over the long term in protecting children from predators. We look at how the approach by Keeping Them Safe actually has the potential to make a real impact with minimal effort.

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This episode discusses how we can emphasize the need for prevention during Child Abuse Prevention Month - April - as we sponsor Blue Monday, Blue Sunday, and other programs that call attention to the problem.