When a child discloses unsafe touch at DayCare: a step-by-step guide for responding to sexualised behaviours for educators body safety education child on child abuse child safety childcare disclose disclosure educators guide harmful mandatory reporting protective interruption unsafe unsafe behaviours Sep 08, 2025

Every educator dreads it. 

A child whispers: “They touched me on my private parts.”
Or you see two children in a situation that crosses boundaries.

It can be awkward. It’s often confronting and it can feel overwhelming if you don't know how to handle it.

But here’s what I want you to remember: yo...

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I remember when I was returning to work after my daughter was born and the emotional roller coaster I went through in finding an early childhood centre. I had so much mum-guilt in needing to put her into childcare that I cried for days.

At that stage, I was not even a police officer, I was just nee...

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