Day after Day the cases of sexually abused children is increasing on an alarming rate. Surprisingly, most of the victims of sexual abuse are harassed either by their family members or someone they know.

Therefore, most children are confounded on who to trust and from where to seek help. In majority of the cases the children are threatened by the abuser. And in other cases children are far too scared of expressing their fears to their family members. One of the main reasons is what if they themselves get blamed for the situation.

Study suggests that not all parents are willing to talk about this issue with their children. The first and the foremost cure to help the sexually abused child is to “create awareness among children and parents”

Sexually abused children face serious emotional trauma that not only affect their physical health but also haunt them for rest of their lives.

Media can play an important role in creating awareness among “We the people”. Just by covering some documentary once in a while won’t be sufficient for generating receptiveness on this imperative issue.

The schools should conduct regular seminars where the cases of sexually abused children should be discussed (how and where it can happen, precautions children can take, how to avoid these kinds of circumstances)

The laws for the predators of the sexually abused child should be rigorous.

Don’t blame the sexually abused child for the situation he/she went through.

More channels of Free help lines to help sexually abused children. (This will allow the sexually abused children to share their fears without disclosing their true identity.)

More and More institutions should come up to create cognizance about sexual abused cases. It’s quite appalling that I have never seen any movie focusing on the issue of sexually abused victims. (Scratches my head* may be some of the top directors of Hollywood and Bollywood are reading this article) sigh I am not that famous

Once you start to commit yourself in helping sexually abused children you will feel a sense of respite. It doesn’t matter on which scale you do it; any kind of effort will make a difference whether it’s on small or a large platform. At the end of the day the only thing which matters is that you are willing to help.

In today’s times everybody is occupied in their careers and family life. Nevertheless, once in 2 weeks you can easily manage to visit the rehabilitation centers and spend some quality time with the sexually abused children.