BOOK TITLE: PROTECTING YOUR CHILDREN FROM SEXUAL ABUSE
(With 51 Heart-rending Stories of Victims of Child Sexual Abuse)
AUTHOR: BISI ADEWALE
NUMBER OF PAGES: 163
DATE OF PUBLICATION: FEBRUARY 2019
PUBLISHER: LIVING HOME VENTURES
The book, Protecting Your Children From Sexual Abuse has been written to help in dealing with the menace of child sexual abuse in our society. A study revealed that 1 in every 10 children would be sexually abused before age 18. The book seeks to open the eyes of parents to the need to protect the lives of their children from pedophiles in our society.
The book opens with 51 heartbreaking and real-life stories of past sexual abuse victims. Many of these victims, now adults, shared stories of what happened to them when they were younger. Some were as young as four years old.
The book reveals what sexual abuse is and how a child can be abused. It also gives the differences between sex education and sexualisation. Recent statistics on child sexual abuses shows reasons why parents should be careful about people they trust with their children’s upkeep. A study revealed that about 80% of sexually abused children have been abused by people known closely to them (Uncles, Cousins, Aunties, Teachers, spiritual leaders, Neighbours, Nannies, baby sitters etc.)
Indicators or signs that a child is being sexually abused are also revealed in the book while factors that predispose a child to sexual abuse are also mentioned.
In the book, readers will be exposed to mistakes parents make that exposes their children to sexual abuse; what to do when a child is sexually abused; how to prevent abuse and how to protect children from abusers.
The latter chapters of the book expose how to give an age-grade sexual education by giving a practical guide on how to educate toddlers, pre-scholars, grade-scholars, pre-teens and teenagers.
