For Kids

Talk to a Counselor from Childhelp

The Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To speak to a Childhelp counselor:

CALL 1-800-4-A-CHILD
(1-800-422-4453)
then push 1

A lot of people don't realize it, but every day in the United States thousands of kids are abused. That adds up to millions of kids each year.

Often children and teens are abused by the people who are closest to them like family, friends, sitters, neighbors and sometimes even teachers and coaches. These are the very people that children should feel the safest with.

If you need help or have questions about child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline. The hotline counselors are there 365 days a year to help kids, and adults who are worried about kids they suspect are being abused. You can call this number if you live in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The call is free and anonymous. (The hotline counselors don't know who you are and you don't have to tell them.) There won't be a charge for the call on your telephone bill if you use a regular phone or a pay phone. If you use a mobile phone or cell phone, there may be a charge and it may show up on the telephone bill. Don't use a mobile or cell phone if you want to be sure your call is a secret. But please...do not make prank calls to the hotline. This will tie up the phones and keep us from talking to someone who really needs help right away.

Please feel free to contact Childhelp for help. 1-800-422-4453