EUGENE, Ore. – Kids FIRST is Lane County’s children advocacy center based in Eugene. Executive Director Patty Perlow gave important prevention tips for both parents and kids on how to reduce the risk of sexual abuse.

According to the Crimes Against Children Research Center, 1 in 5 girls and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of child sexual abuse.

Perlow tells me how many children they helped last year.

“Last year we served 862, I believe, children, who came into the center to receive services,” Perlow said. “Of those children 60% of them were under the age of 12 and 60%t of those were here for child sexual abuse.”

Perlow also shared some prevention tips in the hopes of lowering that number.

“There are a number of things that parents can be doing,” Perlow said. “The most important thing is comm

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