Children as young as two years old can be taught skills to help keep them safe

Children as young as two years old can be taught basic skills to help keep them safe from sexual predators, according to child protection groups.

But they also warned that no child is a match for a sex offender and their reaction in no way diminishes the crime perpetrated against them.

The ISPCC urged parents to start teaching their children about personal safety from as early as two, stressing in simple terms that they should never go off with anyone, even someone they know, without first telling their parent.