Keeping Children Safe: Preventing abuse among young children and young people

As parents and carers, we all want to do the best we can to protect our children, while giving them the freedom they need to develop towards adulthood. Sometimes the world can feel full of risks, some of them understood and others unknown. In order to strike the right balance between protection and independence for our children, we need the best possible information. This leaflet is for everyone involved in bringing up children. It explains that some children do indeed sexually abuse other children, how we can recognise the warning signs and the action we can take to prevent it.