Jerry Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. The Freeh Report has found that Penn State leaders had a “total disregard for the safety and welfare” of those children he victimized.

We must use those events as a call to action. As parents and members of this community, we need to ask ourselves what we can do to prevent even one more child from being sexually abused.

Teaching our kids about scary strangers and just focusing on people on the sex offender registry won’t keep kids safe. Research shows that we adults already know that children are most often abused by someone they know, trust and often love and admire.