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Its alarming and it will trouble your heart if you really think about our children and their safety because every 15 minutes a child is sexually abused in India as per the latest govt figures \and data data which is released by national-crime-records-bureau-ncrb in 2016 alone 106,958 cases of crimes against children were recorded Of these, 36,022 cases were recorded under Pocso (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act.
Data source: https://data.gov.in/ministrydepartment/national-crime-records-bureau-ncrb
In percentage terms, major crime heads under ‘Crime Against Children’ during 2016 were kidnapping & abduction (52.3%) and cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (34.4%) including child rape.
- Maximum number of cases under crime against children were reported in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, (15.3%, 13.6% and 13.1% respectively).
Data source: https://data.gov.in/ministrydepartment/national-crime-records-bureau-ncrb
2) Missing Children
A total of 1, 11, 569 children (41,175 males and 70,394 females) were reported missing and every news paper in India publish one story of child abuse in every day and of course it has become a daily column Image for representational purpose only.
Image for representational purpose only
How can we save our children from sexual abuse?
- Be interested in your children
Be interested in your children and know their day today life and build their confidence on you so that they can share anything in their life to so openly.
- Know the people in their life
It the most important part as a parent for you to know eache and every one in thir life so that you have your on assumption on people in your childs life
- Teach your child what is good touch and bad touch
You must educate your child what is a good touch and a bad one and tell them say no and speak loud it happen
- Watch your relatives
Word has change a lot on its moral conduct and people are not just cared about ethical behavior so its tough part for you as a parent to keep an eye on your own dear one when it comes to the safty of your child
- Drop an unexpected visit.
Drop an unexpected visit when your child is alone with someone even if it’s a trusted member in the family.
- It’s not a secret its safety
Teach your child the real names of their private parts and and speak out when a predators reach out
- Minimize the chances of being alone
Prevent the opportunity its best method to save our children from abuse let them not to be alone , give them company even if you are an employ plan their day in such a way so that they are always under the safe hands .
- React responsibly
The data show s things are going so worrisome, And if something goes wrong remember first its our child is our first priority stop blaming your child instead give support and emotional back get the help and the go after the abuser.
