how can we stop child abuse?

Answer 1

stop abusing children thats all......... lol it depends what do you call child abuse, well if a child is not saught after then i think that the best thing to do is find out whats wrong with the parent, because only a parent can truely love that child. NOT TO AFFEND ANYONE , but i think it starts with the parents..... thats my answer.

Answer 2

i think there needs to be harsher punishments on people who abuse children.. you always hear on the news how a child is abused even murdered and they all say that things were reported to social services, weird how they are always too late!!!!!!! i think child abusers should be put on death row that way they cant get out and hurt another child. i have a friend who's ex wife was with another man and he killed their baby #yrs old) from child abuse and all he ended up getting was 3 yrs. that child can never be replaced or brought back and all that sorry son of a ***** got was 3 years.

Answer 3

Child abuse takes many forms, and not all of it is physical and so it is not as easily detected. My stepmother emotionally abused me in a sense ( she all ways told me I was no good that whole routine, and used my disability to get to me emotionally so she could control what I did easier), and no one every knew it till I moved in with my grandparents, but like others have said if you suspect it look into, and if it is happening report it to the authorities.

Answer 4

Stop having children! Or prevent those children who have been abused having children. You tend to parent the way you were parented.

Answer 5

Get rid of the child.

Answer 6

We need to explain a little about it to the children and punish the offenders harshly

Answer 7

talking to children and find out whats going on in the house

Answer 8

Skills to help children stay safe and act wisely with strangers, bullies, and people they know.


In KIDPOWER, children have the opportunity to learn and practice different ways of being powerful to be safe in workshops that are short, upbeat, and experiential. The skills they practice can stop most abuse, abduction, assault, and bullying.

Workshops are tailored to the ages and life situations of the children, but all

KIDPOWER workshops have the following elements:

We focus on the positive. This means we use workshop time to explore and practice skills that can prevent, avoid, de-escalate, or stop a problem as soon as possible. We do not use scare tactics or stories that focus on children being victimized.

We create opportunities for “learning by doing.” Instead of spending much time discussing problems, we have children practice what to do to prevent or stop those problems. This means our students actually practice – with their bodies and with their voices – the skills they are learning, and they are coached so that they experience success.

We use matter-of-fact language that is not fear-based. This means, for example, that students practice skills for stranger safety, not “stranger danger.” We coach students to be aware, not “wary.” We practice skills to stop unwanted touch and attention rather than talking about “bad touch.”



The Skills We Teach:
In workshops tailored to their ages and life situations, KIDPOWER participants learn how to:



BE and ACT AWARE
Children practice sitting, standing, and moving with awareness and confidence. They practice how to look and speak so that people will bother them less and listen to them more. They practice noticing what is happening around them so that they can prevent most trouble before it starts.



TAKE CHARGE
In our Everyday Safety workshops, children practice: assessing a situation to know what their safest choices are; moving their bodies in order to create more space between themselves and people who might cause problems for them; making safe choices about talking to or taking things from strangers; checking in with adults in charge before they change the plan about where they are going, what they are doing or who they are going with. In our self defense workshops, children also practice “emergency only” skills of using physical techniques to escape from danger, as a last resort.



GET HELP
Children practice: making and following a safety plan for how to get help in public including if they get lost if they are with a trusted adult or bothered if they are out on their own; being clear in telling trusted adults when they have a safety problem; persisting until they get the help they need; using their voices loudly to attract attention if a situation becomes threatening; and getting help in emergencies.

"My son is very quiet. I was worried that if he had a problem, he wouldn't make noise or ask for help. KIDPOWER gave him lots of chances to practice, and just last week he got help in a store when someone was bothering him. He stands up for himself more now."



SET CLEAR AND APPROPRIATE BOUNDARIES
Children learn and practice boundary-setting skills, which are powerful skills for preventing most child sexual abuse. At the same time, appropriate clear boundary-setting skills can build confidence and improve relationships of all kinds.

They rehearse how to:

Stop unwanted touch and teasing
Children practice the skills in role-plays involving everyday, familiar forms of unwanted touch and attention such as stopping tickling, poking, and cheek-pinching, with NO discussion of explicit details about sexual molestation or assault. Children also are given clear guidelines about what is their choice and what is not their choice.

Protect themselves from teasing and name-calling. Children practice how to deal with hurtful words and stop teasing and bullying from peers. Children also learn techniques to increase their self-esteem by protecting themselves from the hurtful or damaging things they might say to themselves.

"Every day, my fourth-grade daughter came home upset about the mean things other girls were saying. After KIDPOWER, she felt less upset and more prepared to get help in a way that made things better, not worse."

Answer 9

start to report it...most people are afraid to report it when they see it happening.

Answer 10

STOP IMMEDIATELY...SEND OFFENDERS TO PRISON