Don’t encourage kids to keep secrets

Regarding Jenny Mensen's April 10 letter, 'Educate students about sexual abuse”:

She is right when she ways that when we teach students or younger children that keeping a secret is good is giving the predator an upper hand on the situation. Some secrets that children keep are fine and dandy, but some are almost life threatening.

When a predator tells you to keep it to yourself, whether you're little or 12 years old, you're going to listen. Places such as school should teach children that the keeping of secrets such as ones involving sexual abuse is not right and they should tell an adult right away. Iowa should have a law that requires teaching children about sexual abuse. It might scare them, but it should pay off in the long run.

Ciara Cecak

Belle Plaine