The past 4 blogs on lessons learned provided advice and tips for parents and youth serving organizations. We want everyone to know that there are positive, proactive steps that all adults can take starting now to better protect children. But we also get that responding to child sexual abuse is risky and scary. Let’s use …
The verdict is in but that doesn’t mean it’s time to stop the conversations about what we can learn from this case. Today, let’s look at another valuable lesson to be learned. Abusers seek privacy in order to abuse children, and privacy is easier off-site, away from the facility, school, field, etc., outside regular program …
First, we would like to say that we are happy that justice has been served. We applaud the courage of the survivors who came forward to see that Jerry Sandusky pays for the crimes he committed. By sharing their painful story with the world, these men ensured that other children would be saved from this …
Be on the lookout for an adult or older youth that singles out children with gifts, special privileges, or preferential treatment. Sandusky’s victims testified that he gave them expensive gifts, took them to bowl games, and gave them tickets and access at Penn State football games. Gift giving is an important part of the grooming …
We can learn a lot from a prolific pedophile like Sandusky. This week we’ll take a look at how we can better protect children from others like him. Lesson 1: Be on the lookout for an adult or older youth inappropriately touching or tickling a child. Abusers touch or handle children in ways that are …
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