Make sure your child understands what touching is OK (like from the doctor) and what is not OK (touches to the private parts that make them feel angry, upset or confused). Believe your child if they tell you about something that made them feel uncomfortable. Trust your instincts if behaviour from a friend or relative makes you or your child feel uncomfortable. Always provide the supervision children need to remain safe. Practical tips for parents to keep children safe This might mean talking to an adult they can trust, going to a safe place, or even dialling triple zero (000). This is a personal emergency and the child needs to seek help. Children need to understand the difference between feeling scared and still having fun, like during a movie feeling scared but still being in control, like at the dentist and feeling scared and not being in control, like when they are lost or being harmed by someone. recognising early warning signs, like butterflies in the stomach, sweaty hands, goose bumps or a racing heart. Protective behaviours encourage children to recognise unsafe situations and to take action through: 
But children can learn to recognise and trust their own feelings. Most predators are likely to seem friendly, or they may try to entice children with a treat or a sad story. Young children may not recognise when adults pose a threat.
More than 8 in 10 crimes against children are committed by someone they know, even relatives or friends. But this is only a small part of keeping children safe from people who want to hurt them. Parents are often worried about ‘stranger danger’.
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