Explain the importance of safeguarding and protecting them from harm It’s highly important that we safeguard every child that is in any setting . If we do not protected it will have an negative effect on their future and on themselves. It will have an affect their education, will suffer, and they may become withdraw. It will also have an affect on them emotionally again it will also have an effect on their development for example they may start to fall behind on their milestones and they may reach them later then what they are expected to