Sexual abuse while live streaming can leave a child or adolescent traumatized and scarred for life, it is necessary that parents understand the impact and take necessary measures to protect children from it.

Ensure that you keep track and monitor your child’s online activities

• Make the child digitally aware and alert him about the online threats.
• Teach the child to say “NO” to do anything that they feel uncomfortable 
• Inform the child intimate you immediately if he feels uncomfortable about something.
• Emphasize the importance of protecting personal information online.
• Enable the security/ privacy features online and enable parental controls online.
• Have open talks or discussions and encourage the child to share all his online experiences.
• Have digital usage agreements on what to can be viewed online and what needs to be avoided.
• If you observe any objectionable or abusive content on social media, report on the social media help centre about it.