Recognising the warning signs in adults - Parents Protect learning module 9

Описание: People who sexually abuse children are difficult to spot in a crowd. But you can look for the warning signs in their behaviour.

These warning signs are not always obvious. But there may be cause for concern about the behaviour of an adult or other young person if they:

• Refuse to allow a child enough privacy or to make their own decisions about personal matters
• Insist on physical affection, such as kissing, hugging, wrestling or tickling even when the child does not want it
• Are overly interested in the sexual development of a child or teenager
• Discuss or share sexual jokes or sexual material with a child or young person, online or offline
• Insist on time alone with a child, with no interruptions
• Spend most of their spare time with children and have little interest in spending time with people their own age
• Regularly offer to babysit children for free or take children on overnight outings alone
• Buy children expensive gifts or give them money for no apparent reason
• Frequently walk in on children or teenagers in the bathroom
• Treat a particular child as a favourite, making them feel ‘special’ compared with others in the family
OR
• Pick on a particular child

One of these signs doesn’t necessarily mean that the person is a sexual risk or that abuse is happening. But all should be taken seriously; and a number of these signs in combination should get our urgent attention.

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