Tips to Help Prevent Your Child from Getting Sexually Abused

(In reading about all the sexual abuse scandals with the former pastor at Hillsong church in Australia again, I thought I would write out some ways to possibly prevent your child from getting abused)

Never let your child ride their bike around anywhere by themselves. Always go with them.

Have children play in a fenced in backyard rather than the front yard and sit out in the yard with them if possible.

Be very careful of leaving your child alone with older cousins, unless you know very well that the cousin's character is good.

Never leave your child alone with a doctor or any health professional. (You just never know who you can really trust)

Tell your child to never be alone with any adult under almost any circumstances. Unless they are family members that you absolutely know you can trust.

If your child goes to church, try to work in the Sunday school that they are in. Try to always keep an eye on them and never let them go anywhere in the church alone with an adult or an older kid.

If your child goes to a friend's house, make sure you know the parents very well and that they are good people.

If your child attends a summer camp, try to work at the summer camp so you can always be around.

If possible, get your child into a private school rather than public schools. "About 10 percent of students suffer some form of sexual abuse during their school careers."


If your child sees a professional counselor, see the counselor with them.

When buying a house, pay attention to the crime rating of the city and what the neighborhood looks like. Do people in the neighborhood mow their lawn etc.