Join Five Days of Action to Help Child Sexual Abuse
April 21st - 25th
As part of our commitment to protecting children, the Henderson Family YMCA is participating in the Five Days of Action® campaign, a week-long initiative to raise awareness about child sexual abuse and promote prevention practices year-round. This year, the Know. See. Respond. campaign returns, supported by Praesidium, Saprea, and Lauren's Kids. We encourage parents and caregivers to learn key questions to ask about abuse prevention when evaluating activities for their children (Praesidium), recognize grooming behaviors that may indicate abuse (Saprea), and use resources like the Trusted Triangle and Safety NETwork to teach children and teens personal and digital safety (Lauren’s Kids). These efforts are essential to ensuring the safety of all children in our community.
Know
When evaluating camps, sports, and other activities for your child, do you KNOW what questions to ask about abuse prevention? As parents, caregivers, and trusted adults, we play a vital role in protecting children and teens from abuse. Learn the key questions to ask from Praesidium, the YMCA's partner in child abuse prevention: praesidiuminc.com/6-key-questions-a-parent-should-ask-of-an-organization.
See
When we SEE grooming patterns—methodical, subtle, gradual, and escalating behaviors used to groom a child for sexual abuse—we can identify them, strengthen our intuition, and protect children. Learn the 6 grooming behaviors every parent or caregiver needs to know and what to do if you see them, from our partner, Saprea: saprea.org/blog/6-perpetrator-grooming-behaviors.
Respond
Responding starts when a child or teen feels heard and is helped. How can you take action to prevent child sexual abuse? The Trusted Triangle (for younger children) and the Safety NETwork (for older youth) are strategies from Lauren’s Kids Safer, Smarter Families Family Safety Toolkit. These resources are designed to help families and caregivers teach personal and digital safety in a comfortable and accessible way.
Grades K-2: safersmarterfamilies.org/grades-k-2
Grades 3-5: safersmarterfamilies.org/grades-3-5
We take our commitment to child protection seriously and we hop you do too.