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[quote=Anonymous]I had the sexual abuse talk with our kids tonight and  just wondering if I handled it right. One kid is upper elem and the other in lower middle. I think it went fairly well but could use an outside perspective.

I was pretty frank and direct. I started off with talking about trusted adults.  How it was important to have a circle of trusted adults that you can go to if you need anything.  That DH and I hope to be the first ones they would come and talk to if they needed anything, but that I would hope that they can also rely on a wider circle of trusted adults.

Then I said there was everyone else, who can also help in times of need, but may not be the best or first choices as to who to turn to. Then I talked about the rare people who have bad intentions. And it can be tricky to spot them because they try to gain your trust first.  I talked about signs to look out for. And if they ever had a weird feeling, even if it could be nothing, to just come and talk to me or DH about it. Bur that sometimes for a lot of kids, it can get to a point where they don't feel comfortable talking to their parents about it because they feel bad about it, feel ashamed, or because they don't want to get in trouble or get anyone else in trouble.

Then I got explicit, because I don't think they really understood what I was getting at.  Basically, if they try to touch or take pictures of your privates, or get them to touch theirs, that's not ok. Some good questions from our younger one, which we talked about.  Why is it wrong to do that? Why would they even want to do that? How about when the doctor touches me?

I talked about the likelihood of it happening .My lower middle school child was skeptical. I shared statistics. 1 in 9 girls and 1 in 20 boys are sexually abused by the age of 18.

Anything I missed?  Was I too direct?  Or was it necessary?[/quote]

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