Whom Should I Tell?

Although public awareness about child abuse has increased significantly in the past decades, every day, we continue to hear stories about child abuse in the media. While child physical, verbal and neglect may be the most visible; child sexual abuse has become a major public health problem and violation of the children rights in the world.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Children’s Bureau report Child Maltreatment 2016 found that 8.5% of victimized children were sexually abused (page 20). It is difficult to determine the number of children who had been victim of sexual abuse because parents are afraid to report.

3Whom Should I Tell?” (WSIT) is a child sexual abuse prevention program focusing on strengthen parents and caregivers with theoretical and practical tools to protect the child’s emotional, physical and social integrity.

The program goal is to teach parents and adults who are involved in raising and educating children from 3 to age 12 the necessary tools to help to prevent and detect child sexual abuse.