Look for the signs of child abuse, and learn what it takes to make the report. Whether you’re a teacher, doctor, family member, counselor, coach, or just a friend, you can’t depend on anyone else to do something about what might be happening. Suspect child abuse? Don’t for a second think this is none of your business.
We have a number of new materials, including prevention messages on grooming, sexting, and other critical issues for keeping kids safe from abuse.
Tell your neighbors: If you don’t stop child abuse, who will? Be sure to share these memes on your social media, link people to this page, and have critical conversations with your friends, family, neighbors and community and institutional leaders.
You’re only one person. But you have everything it takes to build an abuse-proof community. To ensure no child is left to suffer in silence, and to raise a visible army of support for kids, as many people as possible need to take these three steps. Share these other memes with your circles.
Click on each meme below to view, or download it. They’re sized perfectly to share on your socials. Link to nationalchildrensalliance.org/IYB. The next time someone tells you, “it’s none of your business,” you can confidently say, #ItsYourBusiness. It’s my business. It’s everyone’s business.
(Need these resources in other languages? You can download many in Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese.)
You can also join us for the next 30 days in April for 30 messages of prevention, common responsibility, and vibrant community. If you want to follow us on our 30 day journey, everything you need is here.
See these new, short, sharable #ItsYourBusiness videos. We’ll be adding more of these resources, so continue to check back!
Here are 10 common signs of child abuse.
Look out for them, and make the report when you see them.
These aren’t the only signs, but they’re great examples of what to look out for, what to ask kids and family members questions about, and what types of changes in behavior you can expect to put yourself in the prevention mindset.
Educate yourself and others about what child abuse looks like when it’s happening online, and what to do next.
Yet the steps to spot and stop online child abuse are the same tried and true steps that work to prevent offline abuse as well: Look, listen, reassure, and report. Whether you’re a parent, a family member, a youth-serving professional, or even just a gaming buddy, you can do so much to help stop the hurt and start the healing.
Print and share this card to learn how online abuse looks when it’s happening to a child who matters to you, and what to do next.
Many #ItsYourBusiness resources are now available in Spanish, Chinese, and Vietnamese, thanks to Children’s Advocacy Center of Santa Clara County and the Office of the District Attorney-County of Santa Clara. These messages are customizable with your own agency logo, URL, or hotline number as well. Please maintain the hashtag #ItsYourBusiness and the NCA logo if you plan to customize these resources.
Check out these new, short, sharable video resources in Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.