Archive for August 8th, 2006

A Fine Line: How to Teach Kids About Sexual Assault

There’s good news on the rates of rape and sexual assault in the U.S. – a big decline in the rates of these crimes since the 1970s. Still, parents and other adults who care about children have a responsibility to educate kids about the dangers – and many of us feel inadequate to the task. Tamekia Reece took a look at some of the more effective programs in use to raise awareness appropriately and in ways that kids can understand.