General Discussion

I agree we have made progress reducing childhood sexual abuse. The job is not finished. The Boy Scouts Of America have a two deep system, it is a system that works. Never allow your child to go anywhere there are not two deep of adults. If we work together we can reduce this horror even more.
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1 out of every 4 girls is sexually abused

1 out of every 6 boys is sexually abused

1 in 5 children are solicited sexually while on the internet.

Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults (including assaults on adults) occur to children ages 17 and under.

The median age for reported child abuse is 9 years old.

*****85% of child abuse victims never report their abuse.*****

Nearly 50% of all victims of forcible sodomy, sexual assault with an object, and forcible fondling are children under 12.

https://www.indianaprevention.org/child-abuse-statistics#:~:text=Nearly%2070%25%20of%20child%20sex,they%20were%20abused%20as%20children.

Over 75% of serial rapists report they were sexually abused as youngsters. As we reduce the number of those incidents we will reduce the future incidents. Again we need to ***work together*** to solve this.