Things You Can Do In Your Community
August 12, 2008 by Tyler Hartle
Raise awareness about child abuse by talking to friends and neighbors about child abuse and how to prevent it.
Help community groups, clubs or organizations, like your local family support center, to distribute copies of this booklet throughout the community.
Support local efforts to help families, such as fund raising for a local family charity or a food or clothing drive.
Get involved with your child’s school. Find out what they are doing to help prevent child abuse and neglect and how you might help.
Raise the issue of children’s safety and protection in your local community groups, sporting clubs and service groups. As a group, you may be able to improve community awareness about the problem of child abuse and ensure the safety of children in your area by staging local events about children and their need for protection.
Ensure organizations and clubs that have contact with children in your community have policies that outline safe and respectful ways of interacting with children. These guidelines should address bullying, discipline of children, sexism and racism. There should also be procedures for supporting children if they disclose that they are being hurt or abused by an adult involved in the organization.
Ensure organizations and clubs in your local community that have contact with children have policies regarding appropriate recruitment and screening processes, including mandatory police checks for staff and volunteers.
Support organizations or businesses that are committed to promoting the protection of children in your community.
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I suffered from severe physical child abuse when I was young. I was then taken from my mother when I was 3 and put up for adoption. I also have a biological sister that was adopted into a different home.
I was then abused by my adoptive father for several more years. It has affected so many parts of my life and self esteem. My only goal in life has been to make sure my children have not had to suffer as I did. Then each generation can hopefully get healthier and stronger.
I would love to become an active participant to fight child abuse. Despite what therapists told my mother to the contrary, I have never abused or neglected my children. Unfortunately abuse has affected them because of the healing process I have been in most of my life.
It is a shame that people do not realize the depth of pain and harm that ANY abuse causes a child.
I just want to help all this children and help stop child abuse and the reason I would like to help is because I am a mom of two beautiful girls who I love with all my heart and want to help raise awareness to stop are children from getting hurt.