 Vice Admiral Dickson Smith, Commander Navy Installations Command, signed a proclamation in support of the 2016 Child Abuse Prevention Month at the Washington Navy Yard, April 1st. This year's campaign, Children Thrive When Supervised, Safe and Sound, works to reinforce focus on active supervision parenting practices. This campaign also emphasizes taking proper precautions to keep children safe in their homes by removing or obstructing access to potentially harmful or dangerous objects. If parents take extra precautions and making sure that the environment is healthy and safe for their child, by practicing healthy parenting practices, by putting into place the protective factors, all of these can play a tremendous role in reducing child abuse from occurring in this country and in military communities. To find out more about how you can help prevent child abuse or to report an incident of child abuse, contact your installation's Fleet and Family Support.