Attend Mad Domestic Watch meetings to talk #childprotection
SANDTON – Get the details of the upcoming Mad Domestic Watch meetings in Sandton about crimes against children.
Acts of crime against children are extremely devastating, with lasting damaging psychological and emotional effects after experiencing such depravity.
The upcoming Mad Domestic Watch meetings will address these issues, with a focus on child protection. As always there will be numerous specialist speakers discussing these key issues.
The issues covered in the meetings will be as follows:
- What symptoms to look out for and tell-tale signs
- The processes of reporting crimes and obtaining help to avoid further negative effects on children
- Reactions of children who have witnessed crimes
- The kinds of discipline given to children and ways to hand out discipline
- When children know they need help and where to get help, advice or protection.
Domestic workers are in an advantageous position to see neglect or abuse firsthand and are able to bring these issues forward to parents or someone who is able to intervene.
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Many domestic workers are sometimes the surrogate mothers and have a strong level of trust with the children and parents. Therefore certain strategies should be put in place by employers or parents to work together with domestic staff to safeguard the children.
Meetings will be held at:
- 21 June at 10 am at Gallo Manor Community Centre
- 21 June at 11.30 am at Christ Church
- 21 June at 1.30 pm at the Sandton Police Station lapa on Summit Road
- 22 June at 11.30 am at St Michael’s Anglican Church, Bryanston
- 23 June at 12 pm at the First River Trail Scout Hall, Bryanston
- 27 June at 10 am at Rosebank Union Church
- 29 June at 12.30 pm at Imvula Skills Centre, Woodmead.
Mad Domestic Watch organiser Penny Steyn said, “We need to stop feeling helpless. Thank you to all those who forwarded this information to me, and I encourage more good people to do something to stop crime.”
