Empowering Children


Peter Tatchell argues that we are ignoring a key element of preventing sexual predation of children:

Cracking down on paedophiles is surely only one dimension of a necessarily two dimensions solution. The current hue and cry one-sidedly prioritises action to identify and exclude actual or potential abusers. This strategy overlooks a key element in the child protection equation: helping young people protect themselves.

Whether this is done in the schools (should they even exist?) or at home which will take a large cultural shift it should be done. There is no excuse for not preparing children for the world they must live in.

Via The Sideshow.