- The Protective Insight
The writing, gathered in one place.
Essays and advocacy that connect one family’s story to the systemic failures behind it. Media framing, grooming, institutional failure, and the freeze response parents are never warned about.
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- Essays & advocacy
The Protective Insight.
New pieces land on Substack first, then live here.
Be the one with the inside information: Protective Behaviours Conversations
Protective behaviours, part two: start earlier than you think, teach the tricky patterns, and make sure your child knows…
The Children Missing from the Report
A national report says it centres the voices of victim-survivors including children experiencing abuse now. But whose ex…
How to Face the News on Child Abuse Without Living in Fear: A Guide to Protective Behaviours
How I look straight at the problem of CSA and come away more empowered, not less.
I Interrupted a Grooming Process at My Child’s Childcare Program. Here’s How.
I am a psychologist who writes expert court reports and advocates for child protection, but the most important work I di…
Bonnie Blue's Newborn Videos: What a Child Protection Worker Actually Sees
Karyann Parkinson is on a child abuse and neglect registry for seven years because her five-year-old walked to a pond. B…
What Would Happen If? A Simple Protective Behaviours Conversation for Parents
Reform takes years. Conversations take minutes. The four-minute conversations that can help children recognise grooming,…
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