Describe How Children And Young People Protect Themselves

Children and young people need to be able to learn about how to protect themselves and others in certain situations to keep everyone safe, they need the knowledge and understanding on how to help protect and safeguard themselves. Children and young people should be able to learn and take their own risks if there is no change of them seriously hurting themselves or others this is so they can get an understanding of their own capability and the possible risks that could happen in different situations helping them grow and learn as a person.

Children and young people should be taught and need to know about strangers and the danger of how some strangers are not nice people, by explaining to children and young people that most people care and protect children but
• Never accept gifts of any kind from a stranger
• If someone is following you or there’s an incident try and visualise their face, clothes, number plate etc
• If a stranger grabs you then your allowed to do everything within your power to get away including scream, hit, kick, bite.

Hugs and kisses: A child or young person should know that it is nice to have kisses and cuddles, especially close family but they should never be kept as a secret from anybody.

Body: Children and young people should all know that their body belongs to them and not to anyone else. They should be told that if anyone tries to touch their body in a way that you don’t want them to or it frightens them or hurts, they should shout NO and tell somebody about what happened and not keep it a secret from others close to you such as parents, carers and teachers and they shouldn’t feel