Ways to prevent child abuse

Places to help and get help , 2Heal , Heal 4 Michael , Childhelp USA ,
Child Abuse Prevention Network , Beech Brook ,
National Clearinghouse on child abuse and neglect information


I found all this on web sites to prevent child abuse and help children. I hope everyone will do their part. No child should suffer.


Ways to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect

1) Volunteer at a school
2) Lend a listening ear
3) Help a neighbor with their children
4) Make a donation
5) Volunteer at a child abuse prevention agency
6) Baby-sit to give a parent respite
7) Parents/relatives/teachers all must learn to deal with stress and anger in a healthy way...teach the children!!!
8) Be friends with the children, not just disciplinarians.. play a game, read a book, watch TV!
9) Try To Understand Children Instead of Being Superior To Them
10) Know your neighbors: Watch and listen to what is going on in your neighborhood
11) Set an example.
12) Demonstrate taking time-out when you are angry, demonstrate apologizing to your children when you have been inappropriate
13) Give hugs and kisses everyday and often remind your child and significant other how much they mean to you and how blessed you are to have them in your life.
14) Wear a blue ribbon! Better yet, pass out 100 of them!
15) Be your child's best friend.
16) Go out and have fun with your kids! Remember children pick up a lot of things when they are small. So, try your best to teach them all the good things!!
17) Educate yourself!
18) Be a special friend to an abused child.
19) Be gentle, patient, and smile a lot.
20) Really listen to children, they're usually smarter and more honest than you think.
30) Don't use your child to get even with your x-spouse.
31) Give your child something to do that is good for them. A sport or activity that is on a regular basis . If they have something to do they won't be out getting in trouble.
32) Pray with a child, especially with your own.
33) BELIEVE and BELIEVE IN your child!
34) When a child talks... LISTEN!
35) Talk to your child... Inform them of what is proper and improper... Knowledge is power, give your child the power to say NO! THAT'S NOT PROPER!!!
36) Be a child at heart. Be aware of your child's feelings, and always exercise self-control.
37) We should pay more attention to our children's needs and also don't think that whatever they are saying are all rubbish as all their words are what they feel about their own lives.
38) Teachers, especially kindergarten and nursery ones, should be more closely linked with the families of their students, since children of these ages still cannot communicate well. Check out their families, and single out those most threatened with child abuse. Counselors are then sent in to have talks with the parents of the students.
39) Build a strong bond between the parents and their child.
40) Take the time to be involved in your children's lives Be aware of what is going on.
41) Laugh more with your kids.
42) Remember what it was like to be a kid.
43) Have someone you can vent your frustrations to - whether it be your spouse, a friend, your own parent or a counselor. Don't take things out on your children.
44) Play catch with your kids.
45) "God made each child special. He Loves Us and He never wants to hurt any children." 46) Say the words "I Love You" then live by those words.
47) Think of the consequences of child abuse.
48) Be aware of the way that you and others treat children. Just because you were brought up a certain way does not make it the best way.
49) Be a loving witness for an abused child (or adult who was an abused child). Let them know that someone sees and hears their plight.
50) Attend one or several parenting programs to learn about children's behavior and development. The parent learns about themselves, why they act and react to their children 's behavior, where they are in their lives and where they have come from. In this quest do parents learn how to parent positively enabling their children to grow into responsible adults.
51) Live for your children and love them unconditionally.
52) As adults we have life issues, but sometimes these issues come home with us. We must remembers that it is not the child's fault, so before you act on anything, take a deep breath and look into their innocent eyes.
53) Protect Your Children, & Don't Let The TV. Baby-sit Them!*
54) Remember how you felt when you were a child. Do you want your child to feel that way?
55) Remember that your child has feelings too and that their opinion does count, so make it count!
56) Spend time away from your children so you can have time to miss them.
57) Take one day out of every week and do what the child wants to do all day.
58) Know yourself better and face your fears. In this way, you will see and hear your child better and love them even more.
59) Don't let anyone blow cigarette smoke in your child's face.
60) Instead of talking, listen you might figure something out.
61) When you are to angry to deal with the problem right at the time, learn to walk away to calm yourself down.
62) If one neglects a pet, the SPCA takes the animal, maybe an organization of CPS (Child Protection Services) will do the same on the first or second time called, sometimes it's too late if one returns the 8th or 9th time. We really need to improve the system, NOW.....neglect and abuse breeds sometimes the same. Help NOW....(volunteer to be a foster parent)
63) Life is so short, love and respect your child. Make them feel wanted. Kiss and hug your child.
64) Do things with your kids instead of working all the time. Your child is more important than work.
65) Teach your kids to behave and act proper and when they step out of line...it happens, its part of life. Find some way to discipline them instead of hitting them...just love them.
66) Inform different people about this web site.
67) Give them limits, but let them be their own individual at the same time.
68) Pray for your child and your family.
69) Try to kneel down to your child, get down to their level, look them in the eyes and listen to their beautiful, sensitive, and creative voice. let them know they are loved, and that what they say is important.
70) Let children be heard. Children should learn to stand up for themselves and share their views about being abused by adults.
71) If you aren't ready to handle a kid, give the child up for adoption so that the child can be with a family that loves him/her rather than having to suffer abuse.
72) Have a whole lot of patience and learn how to discipline your child the right way.
73) Instead of releasing your frustrations on a defenseless child, try dealing with your stress by seeking out counseling!
74) Do not have kids until you are prepared to take care of them. By being prepared you are ready to give up some of your own time. You are also ready to concentrate on them and forget about yourself.
75) Catch your child doing something RIGHT and praise them for their accomplishment!
76) Love your child for who he or she is, listen when they talk, comfort when hurt, love always and do not take for granted the time spent together, because sometime there will be no tomorrow.
77) Help reduce the economic disparity between low income families and others, for example, by working for an increase in the minimum wage.
78) Strengthen the community support networks in resource-poor low income communities, for example, by joining local community building initiatives or volunteering to organize children's activities (sports, clubs) in areas where there are none.
79) Increase the number and capacity of telephone warmlines, crisis nurseries and respite child care for parents who need immediate help with child rearing issues or who need relief from parenting responsibilities during a crisis.
80) Convince policy makers and the public that child abuse and neglect is a local, state and national priority issue, for example, by joining existing or organizing new sustained prevention campaigns with the goal of impacting budget priorities, system change, media content, social norms and individual behaviors.
81) Promote the idea that raising children is an important and difficult task for ALL of us that requires preparation, learned skills, practice and support from others. This will help break the stereotype that only "bad" parents can abuse or neglect their children, and build empathy for BOTH the child at risk and the parent who needs more support and guidance.
82) If you see or hear someone abusing a child, it is YOUR business to report them, help the child. COURAGE, LOVE and CARE.
83) Educate, educate, educate -- parents, teachers, children, everyone -- about child abuse indicators, behaviors, and prevention.
84) Were you abused as a child? Remember how vivid the anger, how strong the determination that you would NEVER treat another person the way you were being treated? I used to lie rigid in my bed long after my father had left it, too filled with those raw emotions to sleep. I promised myself NEVER to forget, to escape ASAP, and to tell the world: this STILL happens - even in "nice" families (1950's-60's, nobody spoke of these things). NEVER FORGET! DO NOT perpetuate this agony!
85) If you find that you are inflicting abuse on your child after years of being abused yourself, seek therapy or some sort of peace so that you and your child might have the kind of relationship you always dreamed of having with your own parent/abuser. This is your chance to create a new life for your own family...don't mess it up...and don't expect perfection, from anyone (even yourself)!
86) Just take a moment to imagine what you would see if someone video taped the scene of your child cowering from a blow or even an abusive glare and insult that you subject them to, and then find the dignity to regain your composure and act like an adult.
87) Take time to consider that even letting your child have the freedom to make some mistakes is an essential part of the learning process.
88) To prevent child abuse we should educate our young about how wrong it is, and that if it is happening to them it is not their fault and to tell someone.
89) Have parental classes for parents who abuse their child/children.
90) Think of how much of a difference you could be making if you would pick up a phone and help someone you know to be in trouble. Including children and other abused persons.
91) Be supportive and let your child make some bad choices. If you have taught them right, then they will learn from their mistakes. Love them no-matter-what

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