Welcome parents!
Play a positive role with your child! Go to the different sections offering prevention tips to ensure your
child’s safety.
Tips for parents
Explain who is a trusted adult to your child
A trusted adult is someone who feels right, a person who respects you and who can help you. The parent helps
children identify the trusted adults around them (home, school, community).
Be interested in your child’s life and interests
- Question your children about their habits, interests (hobbies, sports they play, favourite games) and acquaintances (friends, teachers, neighbours, coaches, etc.).
- Take time to listen to your children when they talk to you about how they feel.
- Avoid adopting a moralizing approach; instead make sure you listen with an open mind.
- Tell your children that in case they feel uneasy or uncomfortable, they should listen to their emotions or their instincts and not hesitate to communicate them to a trusted adult.
Set clear rules for safety and trips
- Make sure your children clearly understand your expectations about the rules for their trips:
- Stick to the planned route.
- Keep you informed of their movements.
- Prefer they be accompanied during trips.
- Do not follow a person they do not know or approach that person’s vehicle.
- Ask you for permission before following a person they know.
- Adapt supervision of your children to their age. A child up to 6 years old needs direct supervision. Then this depends on the child and the circumstances.
- Show children ways to resist, make themselves heard and attract attention if someone tries to take them somewhere.
- Discuss different situations with your children that could compromise their safety, and help them find solutions.
Insist on respect for intimacy
- Use real words to talk about body parts, including sexual body parts (e.g. penis, buttocks, vulva).
- Explain to your children that nobody should see, touch or take a picture of their sexual body parts (there may be exceptions: for example, at a doctor with a parent present).
- Mention that their body belongs to them, that they have the right to say no to anyone concerning affectionate gestures and touching, regardless of the body parts. It is important that your child’s limits be respected (e.g. if they do not want to be tickled, hug or kiss, etc.).
- Be vigilant about photos or videos of your child you share on the Internet (e.g. social media). Anything shared privately can also become public. Also, photos can be altered and deepfaked.