DENVER - In the wake of the sexual abuse scandal involving former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, advice columnist Lisa Vratny-Smith knew it would only be a matter of time before a local mom posed this question: "How do I talk to (my children) about staying safe without scaring them?"
Vratny-Smith writes the Mama Drama column for milehighmamas.com. That question is the topic of her latest column. Vratny-Smith says parents shouldn't assume that one small talk will last a child a lifetime. She says parents need to remind children and teenagers about inappropriate touching by adults or other children.
Among her other points: a reminder that sexual abuse is often committed by someone that the child or their parents know very well.
To read Vratny-Smith's full column, http://www.milehighmamas.com/2011/11/17/mama-drama-preventing-sexual-abuse/.
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