Educating your child on the dangers of sexual abuse
With the recent much publicized incidents of the rape of minors in India and in other countries, parents naturally feel a strong need to educate their kids about sexual misconduct. For many it is a dilemma as to how one can approach this topic with children.
When should you approach the subject with them? How much or how little information should you share about a topic which is not commonly discussed in Indian homes?
We spoke with Ruchi Motial-Suri, a behavioral expert who also coaches children as well as grown-ups to gain long term behavioral transformations.
Ruchi gives us some tips:
- Educate your child on the dangers as a continuous process not just a one-time discussion.
- If watching a film, you can discuss what’s wrong and what’s right.
- If there has been a news story about sexual abuse, that’s a good opportunity to discuss correct behavior.
- When children ask questions give them the correct answers, don’t make up stories.to avoid awkward conversations.
- Discuss their day at school, ask them about their friends, who they meet, who they like and if they don’t like someone find out more.
- Advise them that some parts of the body are very private.
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