Working Mother

How to Teach Your Kids to Protect Themselves Against Sex Abuse

Have these conversations early on and often.

The topics of sexual abuse and harassment have been all over the media. The Weinstein scandal. The #metoo movement. And most recently the Nassar sexual abuse trial. One reminder that has come out of this is the importance of talking to our children about sexual violence prevention. But how do we as parents do that?

These can be uncomfortable conversations to have and sometimes the easiest thing is to not talk about it or assume that schools will handle it. However, as aversive as the topic is, we as parents cannot stick our heads in the sand and pretend the problem

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Working Mother

Working Mother3 min readRelationships
Working Dads Of The Year
Eric A. Lynch Director of US Patient Care Model Strategy, Specialty and Oncology Lindenhurst, IL Katherine, 20, Alexandra, 18, and Patrick, 15 Ameer Ali Senior Manager, Accenture Vienna, VA Aafreen, 16, and Fareed, 13 Francis Troy Executive/Administr
Working Mother8 min readRelationships
Pivot Point
As companies scrambled to convert their workforces to successfully telecommute this past spring, issues quickly arose over technology, scheduling, manager oversight and, most important, staffers’ ability to integrate childcare, homeschooling and othe
Working Mother2 min readLeadership
Working Mother
Editor-in-Chief MEREDITH BODGAS Group Creative Director CARA REYNOSO Deputy Editor AUDREY GOODSON KINGO Editorial Assistant QUINN FISH Integrated Design/Production Manager GLENN ORZEPOWSKI Copy Chief CINDY MARTIN WORKING MOTHER MEDIA President SUBHA