In the story I describe in my book “Father Figure – my mission to prevent child sexual abuse”, I stress the importance of family members keeping a watchful eye on the children in the family. Grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, grand uncles/aunts, etc can all make a difference in preventive action by making sure children are not in a situation that could possibly lead to abuse.
In the story in my book I focus on the challenges I faced in my efforts to prevent a situation that could possibly lead to child sexual abuse. I found out that it was a challenging experience to try to get child protective services or law enforcement to take any significant actions in this preventive scenario. However, it turned out that when I was able to get some family members involved in this effort, it was possible to get the systems to act in this preventive process.
In other words, with the help of some family members, it was possible to dismantle a scenario that could possibly lead to abuse. However, it took a lot of time and effort to get the family members mobilized to take appropriate actions. Although in this case the outcome was positive, my hope is that family members would act more promptly when it is a matter of preventing the possibility of child sexual abuse.