'Keeping kids safe and secure' booklet

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We all want to help make sure children are loved, well cared for and brought up free from family violence.

Family violence is:

  • violence by adults to other adults
  • violence by adults to children, and
  • violence by children to other children.

Family violence can be physical, sexual or emotional.

It's not only physical violence like slapping, shaking, beating or hitting. It is also:

  • throwing things
  • constant shouting and swearing
  • put-downs
  • involving children in sexual activities
  • any threatening and controlling behaviour
  • all the things that make children frightened or scared.