Letâs talk about something that makes a lot of adults squirm - how to explain safe and unsafe touch to little ones when we are the ones responsible for helping them with things like toileting, nappy changes and hygiene.
This topic came up from an educator who purchased my Conversations with Kids ca...
How to talk to your kids if you are worried something might have happenedÂ
(aka: The conversation you pray youâll never need - but must know how to have)
Itâs every parentâs worst fear!
The panic that comes with wondering if your child mightâve been hurt. Maybe there was a shift in their behaviour....
Before I became a police officer, I didnât know much about child sexual abuse. It just wasnât something people talked about when I was a child growing up or as I became a parent myself.
I joined the WA Police before my daughter had turned 2-years-old and she grew up with me in the blue uniform, hel...
There's a comforting lie we love to wrap ourselves in as parents:
"Theyâre home. Theyâre in their room. Theyâre safe."
Itâs the lie that lets us exhale after a long day. The lie that soothes the part of us desperate to believe weâve done enough. But what if that lie is the very thing putting our k...
Itâs the moment every parent dreads. Your child comes to you - or worse, you discoverâthat theyâve seen something explicit online. Maybe it was pornographic content, a violent video, or something just deeply inappropriate for their age. Your stomach drops. Your heart races. And suddenly, youâre stan...
Not all child sexual abuse physically hurts the child⌠and not all children realise they are being abused!
Before you skip reading or get âickedâ out by this topic, I need you to realise WHY knowing this information is so vitally important in helping our kids stay safe and reducing overall harm.
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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...
