Pedophiles Don't Discriminate: How to Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse

By Paula Felps

Sexual abuse is a crime against children that cuts through all social, religious and economic boundaries. Like its perpetrators, the victims may come from privilege or poverty; they may be black, white, Hispanic or Asian; they may be healthy or disabled. Most will know their perpetrators and less than one in 10 children will tell an adult they are being sexually abused.

"Pedophiles Don't Discriminate: How to Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse" is a concise, informative and easy-to-read booklet that teaches parents:

- How to talk to your child about sexual abuse (at any age)
- Signs a child is being abused
- How predators "groom" their victims
- What to do if you discover a child is being sexually abused

Today, we have the opportunity to change the future for our children and bring an end to child sexual abuse. Education is the first step in prevention and protection, and "Pedophiles Don’t Discriminate: How to Protect Your Child from Sexual Abuse,” provides a powerful educational tool for parents – as well as for anyone who works with children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Paula Felps
• Release date: Aug 31, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452465111

Paula Felps

Paula Felps is an award-winning freelance writer, editor and author who has spent her career writing about a variety of business and lifestyle topics for magazines, newspapers and websites. Her first book, “Lone Stars and Legends: The Story of Texas Music,” was published in 2001 and she has since had five other books published. In 2011, she founded the Sexual Abuse Resource Network, a website dedicated to helping sexual abuse survivors navigate the resources available to them. As a childhood sexual abuse survivor, she is dedicated to educating parents and other adults about how to identify potential predators, how to protect and educate their children, and how to enjoy a happy, healthy life in spite of sexual abuse. Visit the Sexual Abuse Resource Network at www.SexualAbuseResourceNetwork.org.

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Pedophiles Don’t

Discriminate

How to Protect Your Child

From Sexual Abuse

By Paula Felps

Copyright 2012 Sexual Abuse Resource Network

Published on Smashwords

Formatted by eBooksMade4You

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: September 2012

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Table of Contents

Intro

About Child Sexual Abuse

Foreword

Chapter 1

How Do I Talk to My Child About Sexual Abuse

Chapter 2

Recognizing Signs of Sexual Abuse

Chapter 3

Talking to Your Child About Suspected Abuse

Chapter 4

What to Do if Your Child Has Been Abused

Resources

About the Author

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INTRO

Learning About Child Sexual Abuse

Recent stories about child sexual abuse have helped bring to light how widespread the epidemic is in today’s world. The question that many people are asking is, Are more children being sexually abused, or are we just hearing about it more?

Child sexual abuse has occurred quietly