STRANGER ABUSERS AND MENTAL HEALTH

In some
situations, the abuser is an opportunist who will try to find a child in a
public situation. There are some basic
rules we can try to teach children to protect them from stranger abusers. These are:

• If a child is approached by a
  stranger – it would be best to say something like, “You should never talk to
  strangers – men or women – unless your mother/father/grandmother/child minder
  etc. speaks to them first”.
• If a stranger asks them to go
  somewhere with them, get into a car or so on – they should refuse and say they
  can only go if their mother/father etc. comes with them.
• If a stranger tries to grab them
  – encourage your child to run screaming as loudly as they can for help.
• If a stranger does grab them –
  encourage them to scream as loudly as they can and fight as much…