This is the first of a three part episode series, which covers child sexual abuse-- the risk factors and prevention tools. Part I goes over measures to protect your children against strangers who are predators, but some of the tools can be applied to individuals who your child is familiar with, as well.

References for today's show: 

https://www.amazon.com/Free-Range-Raise-Self-Reliant-Children-Without/dp/0470574755

Interview of Lenore Skenazy: owned by Entertainment Tonight and CBS Television Distribution

United States Crime Rate Comparison: https://web.archive.org/web/20130217052000/http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv11.pdf

https://www.rainn.org/statistics/criminal-justice-system (Correction for statistic: Out of every 1000 assualts, across the board, it's estimated that only 230 are reported.)

https://www.d2l.org/education/

http://www.d2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/all_statistics_20150619.pdf

Finkelhor, D. (1994). Current information on the scope and nature of child sexual abuse. The Future of Children, Vol. 4, No. 2, Sexual Abuse of Children, pp. 31-53  "According to studies at The Crimes Against Children Research Center, the most vulnerable to abuse are between the ages of seven and 13. https://www.rainn.org/statistics/children-and-teens

http://www.pollyklaas.org/about/national-child-kidnapping.html

http://www.missingkids.com/footer/media/keyfacts

Interview of John Walsh: owned by CNN and Turner Broadcasting System

Clip of Aton Patz: owned by CBS and Viacom

http://www.missingkids.com/theissues/nonfamily

Lewis Howes interview: owned by Jonathan Fields of Good Life Project

https://medium.com/s/parenting-stories/its-mid-morning-and-you-re-a-thousand-miles-away-from-home-when-your-phone-rings-66ffd089e8aa 

Interview of Ken Wooden:owned by PrimeTime

https://www.familywatchdog.us/

https://www.amazon.com/Protecting-Gift-Keeping-Children-Teenagers/dp/0440509009

https://gdba.com/

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