Awareness Quote by Carolyn Byers Ruch

“When we talk with our children about sexual abuse, we are not only taking a proactive step toward protecting them, we are building our…

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

“Build a bridge over shame by teaching kids about sexual abuse. Give them a chance to run to us should they encounter it. Be…

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

“Adults need to teach the children they love about sexual abuse so they know what to do if they encounter it. We need to…

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

“Sometimes I hesitate to use the term sexual abuse. It conjures up worst-case scenarios in our minds, and we think, "That will never happen…

— Carolyn Byers Ruch

“There are tons of kids out there who endure chronic abuse and suffer in silence. They can’t trust anyone, they can’t tell anyone, and…

— C. Kennedy

“I think honesty and love help to create the safety that children need to just be children. If we want them to “fix” us,…

— Daniel Gottlieb

“A covert kind of sexual abuse occurs when Dad or Mom talk about sex in front of the children when the age level of…

— John Bradshaw

We've fallen down on our responsibility to our children by somehow creating this world where they're surrounded by images of sexuality; and yet, we…

— Laurie Halse Anderson

“With kids, what you see is what you get. There's just truth in their innocence that we as adults have lost and will never…

— Michelle Figley

“The good thing about kids is that they'll tell you the truth, straight-up, no strings attached, no holds barred honesty. The bad thing about…

— C.M. Stunich

“We lie to protect our children, and in lying we expose them to the greatest of harms”

— John Connolly

“The laws have been slowly changing. Right now, statistics show that more than 30 percent of kids send sexual texts to each other. That”

— Terry Sullivan