| Welcome to Fight the Blaze, Inc. Our Mission * Increasing public awareness of the prevalence of sexual abuse of children. * Providing adults and children with the knowledge to help recognize and prevent child sexual abuse. * Advocating and giving a voice to those who cannot speak for themselves. Who are the sex offenders next door? State Registries |
| What is Child Sexual Abuse? * Child sexual abuse involves forcing, tricking, bribing, threatening, manipulating or pressuring a child into sexual awareness or activity. The abuse often begins gradually and increases over time. Abuse occurs when a person forces a child to have any form of sexual contact or makes a child perform sexual acts. Non-physical abuse may take the form of an adult exposing himself, exposing the child, or inappropriate talk of a sexual nature. Sexual victimization of children may occur within the family (incest) or outside the family. * Child sexual abuse is an agonizing and traumatic experience for its victims. * Child sexual abuse is a crime punishable by law. |