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We Need to Talk About Sex

Jon Brown | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Jon Brown

The next time your children ask you what sex is or tell you they have seen something rude online take the opportunity. Sit down and start talking to your children about sex. It's an issue that, however embarrassing, is something society cannot afford to be taught by the school of XXX.com

Is Your Teenager Playing With Fire?

Jon Brown | Posted 06.04.2013 | UK
Jon Brown

We are increasingly hearing from worried teenagers who know photographs of them are out there somewhere on the internet, being passed from person to person. Often they end up in the hands of adult sex offenders; paedophiles.

Debate About Definition of Paedophilia Must Not Mask Reality of Child Abuse

Jon Brown | Posted 13.03.2013 | UK
Jon Brown

Paedophiles may try to convince themselves these are 'consenting' relationships but they come at great cost to the victim, or survivor, and to the UK taxpayer through associated health costs. At the NSPCC we hear about and work with this fallout every day.

Support for Schools to Help Tackle Cyber-Bullying

Dee Dhara | Posted 11.02.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Dee Dhara

With the ever-increasing use of technology and social media, Childline has discovered that children and young people are being bullied in more ways, more frequently and at a younger age than ever before.

Esther Rantzen: 'Celebs Chose To Ignore Rumours About Jimmy Savile'

WENN | WENN | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK Entertainment

Esther Rantzen has spoken out about allegations of child abuse against Jimmy Savile. Rantzen is convinced many personalities in British entertainme...

Does Back to School Equal Back to Bullying?

Carol Long | Posted 13.11.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Carol Long

If you're a parent whose child has just completed their first weeks at secondary school, your son or daughter is beginning a journey through one of the most formative periods of their life.

Are Your Children Watching Pornography Online?

Jon Brown | Posted 26.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Jon Brown

When was the last time your children watched a hardcore porn video online? I'm guessing you're all outraged and shouting 'never' but how sure are you about what children are viewing online? Leaving aside any debate about the rights and wrongs of pornography in society let's be clear about one thing. Children shouldn't be seeing it. But with over four million pornographic websites on the internet, an increasing number of children are learning about sex and personal relationships through the warped lens of adult porn.

Baby Peter Connelly's Anniversary: Five Years on Is the UK Safer for Children?

Andrew Flanagan | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK
Andrew Flanagan

To mark the anniversary of Peter Connelly's death, the NSPCC is highlighting the on-going plight of our most vulnerable children. We have looked at the circumstances of around 35 baby deaths and found the same mistakes still being made over and over again. The same warning signs being missed, the same lessons for the future repeated over and over but not enough changing.

'Rape Is Not Just About Violent Attacks By Strangers': Clegg Launches Sex Abuse Awareness Campaign

PA | Posted 05.03.2012 | UK Politics

Nick Clegg told a group of teenage girls he found it "shocking" that a third of their peers have reported they have experienced some form of sexual vi...

Child Protection: We Need a Radical Rethink

Andrew Flanagan | Posted 03.03.2012 | UK
Andrew Flanagan

There is much to celebrate in child protection from 2011, but we need a radical rethink if we are to make a real difference in 2012. This has been a year of significant change in child protection, much of it for the better. And it was also the year that saw ChildLine celebrate 25 years of helping vulnerable children. Over a quarter of a century it has helped 2.6 million young people since it was launched by Esther Rantzen... But sadly, serious abuse and neglect still occur. On average around 50 children are killed each year in England and Wales, most by those that were supposed to love and protect them.