Help Protect The Children

HOW CAN YOU HELP PROTECT THE CHILDREN IN YOUR LIFE FROM BEING SUCKED INTO PROSTITUTION?

Keep your children in school as long as possible.
Talk to them in an age-appropriate manner about the methods recruiters use.
If they are ever in danger, it will help them to recognize it sooner.

Seek God’s help to work out family issues.
Broken and breaking families greatly increase the children’s vulnerability.

Let your children know that if they are ever in trouble or danger, they can always call no matter what time it is, no matter where they are, no matter how old they are, no matter what they have done.

Recruiters look for children they think will never call home.
Don't let your children fall in that category.
Try to keep open lines of communication with your children so that they can talk to you if they are in danger or trouble.

Most prostitutes, and ALL child prostitutes, are victims who need help.
Avoid talking about them in a judgmental way.
If you say something like, “People who do that are lower than dirt,” then if someday your child finds herself in a compromised situation, do you think she will feel free to come to you?

Always be willing to take them back.
Help is available for the problems.
They need to know that prostitution is not the only option for them.

If your child is missing, report it to the authorities as soon as possible, along with all possible information about the child.
There is a better chance of recovering the child if you act early.

Don’t send your daughter out selling on the streets.
The streets are being watched by pimps and many other wicked men.

Encourage your children to move in groups rather than in isolation.
Always know where your children are and when you can expect them home.
Avoid high-risk areas unless a trustworthy adult is present.

Children should not be sexualized too early.
If you child has been sexually abused, make sure it has stopped and that the child is protected now.
Then seek counseling for the child.

Pray daily for and with your childern, asking God's protection over them.
Remember that even for prostitutes and even for pimps, salvation is available through Jesus Christ.

He clearly says , “the one who comes to Me I will not cast out for any reason” (John 6:37).