Child Abuse Cycle

Parents need more education on sexual abuse and what perpetrators do to begin the abuse cycle. Sexual child abuse is tough to avoid since roughly ninety percent of children are abused by someone they know, love, or trust. Children need to have open and honest relationships with their parents or guardians. Parents need to know who is around their children because perpetrators try to build trust with not only the child but the family of the child. The perpetrator will groom the child to accept the abuse. Grooming in terms of sexual abuse is building trust with the child they are going to abuse (Martin, 2012). There are warning signs and symptoms that parents and other adults can learn so that they will know when child sexual abuse is happening