In the know is aimed at children aged 8 to 11 and uses colourful illustrations, quizzes and cartoon strips to help tackle the difficult subject of child abuse.

Welcome to In the Know, which has been written just for vou by the NSPCC

Right on!

Although you may sometimes feel you have very little power) you actually have lots. This is because you have rights! Rights are like rules that help to look after you and keep you safe.

Did you know?

• All children up to the age of 18 In the UK have these important rights.
• Most countries in the world also belong to the United Nations (UN), which believes in these rights too.
• The UN says that everyone should look after children and their rights.

Private Parts!

These drawings have the body's sexual parts labelled. You may have your own names for these parts, but the names on the drawings are the proper ones.

If a person touches or kisses you in a sexual way or on a part of your body that does not feel OK to you, this is sexual abuse.

This can be touching your body's sexual parts - a boy's penis or a girl's vagina - and the areas around them. People who sexually abuse children may try to get the children to touch them in this way too.

Sexual abuse is also when a person tries to get a child to have sex with them. This means they want to join their sexual parts with a child's. It is also sexual abuse if someone tries to make you look at pictures or films of people having sex. Very often, people who sexually abuse children will tell them to keep it a secret or pretend it's a game.

It is against the law for any kind of sexual activity to take place between two people where either one is under 16. In Northern Ireland the age of consent is 17.

Download In the Know: Keeping Safe and Strong

PDF format, 4.8MB. Provided by NSPCC.

On the cover:
8-9 Bullying can be stopped: Ugly! Stupid! Go away! You ·S#?!
14-15 Hands off! It's my body! What's safe? What's not?
20 Calling for help

Inside:
2-3 Just for you...
4-5 Good? Bad? Right? Wrong?
6-7 Hitting? Shouting? Touching? Hurting?
10-11 Lonely? Hungry? Unwanted? Sad?
12-13 Staying safe - telling it like it is
16-17 What happens if....I ask for help
18-19 What would you do?

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About the NSPCC

The London Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded in 1884.

It changed its name to The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in 1889.

Its aim then was to protect children from cruelty, support vulnerable families, campaign for changes to the law and raise awareness about abuse.

Today, the NSPCC looks very different, but its purpose remains the same: to end cruelty to children.

The NSPCC's work

We have 177 community-based projects and run the Child Protection Helpline and ChildLine in the UK and the Channel Islands.

Most of our work is with children, young people and their families.

We also work to achieve cultural, social and political change - influencing legislation, policy, practice, public attitudes and behaviours and delivering services for the benefit of young people.

Our aim

We want to see a society where all children are loved, valued and able to fulfil their potential. To do this, we have four objectives:

• To mobilise everyone to take action to end child cruelty.
• To give children the help, support and environment they need to stay safe from cruelty.
• To find ways of working with communities to keep children safe from cruelty.
• To be, and be seen as, someone to turn to for children and young people

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