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First you'll have to convince individual families to break the "shameful secret" syndrome.
Kids have these evil things done to them and a LOT of times, the parents retreat into denial, or even worse, "blame" the child.
You cannot imagine to what lengths some parents will go to prevent a family "scene".
My own "weird uncle", to this day, is a much loved part of the family while I am the "blacksheep" because I refuse to attend family functions and act the part of hypocrite by smiling into his face.
They know what he is but "forget" it in order to keep the peace and spare my aunt any pain.
I am not his only victim.
At least one other cousin suffered his vile affections and I doubt either of us were his first or last since his "routine" was honed to an art.
God only knows how many other children/adult survivors are living this same silenced "family sacrificial lamb" existence, right now.
At a tragically early age, kids must be drilled to report *any* inappropriate physical contact to an adult and not necessarily a family member either, since "the family" "best interests" may conflict with the welfare of the child.
Though they may be too young to understand, they must be taught what the pedophile's "methods" are, including threats of harm to themselves, parents or pets, threats that the victim will be not believed/blamed/unloved if they tell.
Children must be trained to know the difference between "familial love" and a pedophile's lust.
Children naturally seek to please the adults in their lives and it's tragically too often to their own destruction.

It is truly a sin that any little kid's mind must be forced to grasp all that before it's too late, but it's become a cruel reality.

The other thing that must be done is impose the harshest penalties possible for offenders *without* all the usual "sick/disturbed/victimhood" legal psychobabble entering the mix.

They know -exactly- what they are doing and I am weary of hearing "oh, poor so-and-so was abused himself so he can't help it".

That is pure BS.
They "enjoy" it and they do not stop until they stop breathing.
Groups like "NAMBLA" thrive because some parents would rather clam up and keep the peace than speak out as they should and risk a family meltdown.

This is a terrible and depressing post, I know.
It was incredibly hard for me to write.
Only those who know whereof I speak can truly appreciate what it took to say this in "public".

Please forgive me for "bumming you out" but shedding light on the subject via firsthand account is more valuable as a catalyst for initiating change than all the "studies" ever done.

Think of it as a rebuttal to any freak who'd say that "children are not *really* harmed by sexual contact".

Oh, yes they are.
And it never, ever "heals".