Safe to 16: A course to protect children against sexual offenders
Our jobs as parents is to protect our children. But equally as important as teaching them how to protect themselves.
~ Jordan Sarah Weatherhead
PREFERENTIAL OFFENDERS: (see above)
On the 11th November 2020, Australian police arrested 16 men, including a child care worker and football coach, on charges of sexually abusing children.
There were 46 victims, aged 16 months to 15 years.
Preferential offenders, whether working alone or as a pack, are organised. There is even a manual on how to groom parents and children on the dark web. According to the Child Rescue Coaltion, the manual has been downloaded over 100, 000 times.
SITUATIONAL OFFENDERS: (see above)
On the 22nd November 2020, Maori TV program Marae shared the story of four sisters who fought for five long years through the criminal justice system to bring their step-grandfather to trial for sexual abuse.
Their step-grandfather had groomed each one individually and they had no idea that they had all been abused until they became adults.
These strong and courageous young women decided to stand up, speak out and have broken a cycle of abuse.
If you have any doubts of the effects that sexual abuse has on a child, watch this story. It is heart wrenching.
Is it important to teach a child how to cross a busy road? Yes, of course! We don’t want the child getting hurt or killed by a passing vehicle, right?
Now, does the child need to know what type of vehicle could potentially hurt them? No – to stay safe the child just needs to know the rules for crossing the road.
So why haven’t parents/grandparents told their children the rules to keep them safe from sexual offenders?
In generations past:
Prison population for these offenders is now over 10%! Over time, more and more children have been injured – physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually.
Our children are a precious gift – a taonga.
Their sexual innocence is sacred – tapu.
So just like teaching our children how to cross a busy road, we need to ‘break the silence’.
It’s time to start training them – simply and effectively.
The 3rd letter of S.T.A.R. is the letter A
So what do we mean by ‘never alone’?
Never Alone with an older sibling or adult who doesn’t know the rules (S.T.A.R.)
As much as want to trust our protective instincts, the harsh reality is that these mongrels are master manipulators. An example of this is Larry Nassar, a former professor and doctor on the US Olympic team from 1996 to 2014. He sexually abused over 300 girls – including Simone Biles and Ali Raisman during that time.
Even with my experience as a survivor, police officer, trained investigator and criminal analyst, if you put me in a room with 100 people that had 10 child sex offenders mixed in – I could NOT pick them out!
Let everyone know in your Inner Circle that you’ve done this course and trained your children to keep safe from sexual offenders.
Remember, once you’re children are trained, they will have the confidence to tell you if anyone attempts to groom them.
**** A WORD OF WARNING TO ANYONE WHO HAS HAD THOUGHTS ABOUT ABUSING CHILDREN – OR ALREADY DONE SO****
You will be found out!
Taking the innocence of a child has life-long consequences for them.
Their lives matter and you’re stealing their future with your actions.
You have two options.
Leave the environment immediately
Or
Seek help
Otherwise, once exposed, your life will become a lonely and isolated existence.
Contact SafetoTalk and they will guide you through the next steps.