Stemming the Tide of Child Sexual Abuse

How to keep your child safe in an unsafe world

Longwood, FL (PRWEB) April 17, 2008 -- What would be worse than to discover a sex offender has moved in next door to you? Or down the street? You have three young children, and almost every other family on the street has at least one child. Know that you can take action! There are ways to prevent that sex offender from hurting your children and those of your neighbors. Author Amanda Conley suggests a pro-active approach to preventing child sexual abuse in her book 'Sexual Predators Planning to Harm Children Place Themselves in Positions to Have Access to Children' (paperback, 978-1-60477-575-4).

The author writes with the expertise gained from 20 years in the human services field, including more than eight years of working with abused and neglected children. She has found what appears to be "a stagnation in protecting children or a cavalier approach by many agencies and support services receiving millions of dollars to ensure their safety." She believes an effective intervention for child safety is way past due and says far too many children are seriously hurt, injured, and killed needlessly on a daily basis.

Conley encourages readers "to play an active role in ensuring the safety and protection of children through prayer first, followed by vigilance and a review of the sexual offenders' registry," especially when selecting services or activities for children, such as music lessons, babysitters, medical services, location of home, boy/girl scouts, sleepovers, etc.

Amanda Conley has both a bachelor's and a master's degree in psychology.

Xulon Press, a part of Salem Communications Corporation, is the world's largest Christian publisher, with more than 4,000 titles published to date. Retailers may order 'Sexual Predators Planning to Harm Children Place Themselves in Positions to Have Access to Children' through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book Distributors. Salem is the country's leading Christian communications company with interests in radio, Internet and magazine publishing.

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