Safeguarding Children is about doing things the right way, doing things properly. It's about allowing children to enjoy the game without abuse of any kind. That means bullying, physical, emotional or sexual abuse and neglect.
The FA believes football can have a powerful positive influence on children. But that means everyone involved in football must take on the responsibility of looking after those children that want to play the game.
Football, like any activity with children and young people, can and does attract people who wish to abuse their power over children. Sometimes this is sexual, and sometimes it is physical or emotional, and may include bullying or racial abuse.
Some people will have been coaches, trained, or brought up to think that shouting, and even hitting children is acceptable in football.
The FA Safeguarding Children in Football Workshop confirms that bullying and abuse in any form is unacceptable, and we all have a legal and moral responsibility to be aware of, and look out for children in our care.
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