Skyridge Mid School students Aksa Manzer and Joanna Liao (left to right) practice escaping an attacker during a self-defense training. The training was part of a bigger event sponsored by the Soroptimist International of Camas-Washougal meant to help empower young women to be safe. Clarice Keating/Post Record

As a pre-teen, it’s nearly impossible not to giggle while executing moves like the "slap groin" or the "ear pull."

Police Detective Carol Buck shares safety tips
Some of the suggestions Camas Police Department Detective Carol Buck imparted to the Skyridge Mid School seventh- and eighth-grade girls seem like common sense -- but she said that FBI statistics show that an average of one in four girls is sexually assaulted by the age 18. Listening to common sense, or intuition, is one of the best ways to keep safe, Buck said.