The PSC Blog
Welcome to The PSC Blog, which features practical advice, prevention stories, and best practices on keeping your children safe from child sexual abuse.
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Keeping Kids Safe Online – 10 Best Practices
While there are unique safety challenges specific to each form of technology, service, and app, here are ten general practices to support online safety. Keep your computer or tablet in a high-traffic area. Limit the sites your kids are allowed to visit, and for how long. Spend time with your children online and invite them…
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To Monitor Online Access – or Not
In the Parenting Safe Children Workshop, I talk about the importance of teaching your children body-safety rules and the equal importance of inviting caregivers onto your prevention team. Here are some examples of applying screening principles around online safety: Screen the sites your children spend time on – and set limits. Screen friend lists periodically,…
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Is Porn Bad for Kids?
Take the Parenting Safe Children Online Safety Quiz Guest Post by Annie Gardiner I remember the first time I found a Playboy magazine. Wide-eyed, I turned the pages feeling both nervous and excited. Teens look at porn out of curiosity, for stimulation, or to impress friends. It’s entirely normal for children to be interested in…
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Children, Teens and Online Sexual Solicitations
Parents tell us they are both supportive and wary of their children’s online involvement. Children and teens go online to do homework, grab an Uber, socialize, play games, and find out information about any topic – from sports to babysitting jobs to dating and sex. Online Sexual Solicitations Online abuse, however, is more common than…
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Your Top 10 Questions About Body Safety
1. At what age should I begin talking with my kids about body-safety? It’s never too early or too late to start talking with children about their body safety, as long as the information is age-appropriate andpresented without fear. For example, when you’re bathing your 18-month-old daughter, you might say: “Mommy is cleaning your back…
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Grandma Wants a Hug – Teachable Moment
The holidays are a time of greetings and affection, so it’s particularly important to remember that children and teens are safer when they get to choose when and with whom to show affection. If a family member or friend wants to greet your child with a hug or kiss, and your child does not want…