Child sexual abuse may be scary to think about, but it’s an important topic to address with kids of all ages. HuffPost spoke to sex educators about how to talk to kids about sexual abuse from infancy to the teen years, and how to recognize and respond to troubling situations if they arise. Start Early By Establishing Body Autonomy, Privacy And More Parents can build the foundation of safety from sexual abuse as early as infancy, sex educator Melissa Carnagey said. Explain ‘Unsafe Touch’ Sex educators generally consider the terms “safe touch” and “unsafe touch” to be better than “good” and “bad” touch. “Unsafe touch” can also cover certain forms of contact that might be “good” in other contexts.

Source: Huffington Post January 20, 2019 13:00 UTC